The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Williams
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch, Podur, Janser, McAlpine, Martell
A structured expert-judgement elicitation technique was used to develop probability distributions for fireline production rates for Ontario's three- and four-person initial-attack crews for seven common fuel types and two distinct levels of fire intensity (i.e., low, 500 kW/m;…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mortimer, Scardina, Jenkins
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Teich, Vaughn, Cortner
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fire management, and forest and rangeland fuels management, over the past century have altered the wildland fire situation dramatically, thus also altering the institutional approach to how to deal with the changing landscape. Also, climate change, extended drought, increased…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sime
Instructions and checklist related to the care and maintenance of backpack-style fire pumps.
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mangan
There are few aspects of wildland fire that attract the public and media attention as does fire in the wildland-urban interface. A relatively new phenomenon in the United States, these fires now burn or damage hundreds of homes each year from Florida to Alaska. While there is a…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Parsons, Keane, Hessburg
Landscape patterns in the northwestern United States are mostly shaped by the interaction of fire and succession, and conversely, vegetation patterns influence fire dynamics and plant colonization processes. Historical landscape pattern dynamics can be used by resource managers…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Englefield, Lee, Fraser, Landry, Hall, Lynham, Cihlar, Li, Jin, Ahern
The Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modelling System (Fire M3) is an initiative of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) and the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), both agencies of Natural Resources Canada. The goals of Fire M3 are to use low-resolution satellite imagery to…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lanoville
The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME) provided fire research scientists an outdoor laboratory to test a theoretical, physical-based fire model and to conduct a wide variety of concurrent experiments. The crown fire experiments, located 40 km northeast of Fort…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor, Dalrymple
Rate of spread is a key fire behavior characteristic. Spread rate is thought to accelerate after ignition to an equilibrium value, then vary over the burning period due to variation in wind speed and direction, and fuel conditions. Using data from gridded thermocouples, we…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Stocks
The 22nd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference featured a special session on selected aspects of the wildland fire research carried out during the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME), co-chaired by M.E. Alexander of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and R.A.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch, Kafka, Todd
During the next few decades, a considerable portion of the productive boreal forest in Canada will be harvested and there is an excellent opportunity to use forest management activities (e.g., harvesting, regeneration, stand tending) to alter the forest fuels for fire management…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jurney, Evans, Ipppolito, Bergstrom
Records of natural and cultural fires are scattered, difficult to obtain, and are of variable quality. We synthesize these disparate data for portions of southeastern North America from 1916 to 1990 for use by foresters, ecologists, and land managers. Dendrochronological studies…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hann
Fire regime and associated condition class mapping have provided key data for development of cohesive strategies for restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems and for the National Fire Plan within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and U.S. Department of Interior…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rogeau, Pengelly, Fortin
The fire management goal in Banff National Park is to maintain or restore, where possible, historical fire regimes. Fire cycles are an important component of a fire regime, and historical fire cycles provide a reference to guide the use of prescribed fire. Weather, climate,…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bothwell, de Groot, Dube, Chowns, Carlsson, Stefner
Nahanni National Park and the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary are ecologically important areas in the Northwest Territories. Fire history data in Nahanni National Park and the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary were used for a comparative analysis in order to identify the most influential…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martinson, Omi
Federal land management agencies in the U.S. have responded to recent severe wildfire seasons with plans to greatly expand fuel treatment programs. These plans are often accompanied by ecological justifications to assuage environmental objections to fuel treatment activities (e.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wein
The history of fire research in national parks and other conservation areas has shifted from descriptive studies to predictive studies in the fields of fire ecology and fire behavior in landscapes. Currently there are continuing shifts toward more predictive research for values-…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sturm, Weaver
From the text ... 'Communicating with educators in rural Alaska is hard, but it is critical that Alaskan educators have access to exciting, interdisciplinary fire education materials. ...Distance education is an excellent tool to help reach wildland fire ecology, behavior, and…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee
From the text ... 'Group cohesion can mean the difference between life and death. ...Right when a type 2 crew is first mobilized, the crew boss should openly acknowledge group cohesion as a weakness. ...We should use prefire opportunities to help crew members get better…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Robertson, Roose
From the text ... 'The new Fire Program Analysis System will replace the budget and analysis systems currently in use. ...The FPS System focuses on the goals, strategies and objectives identified in developing fire management plans. ...By weighting each fire management objective…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Borzik
From the text ... 'A mentor can foster insight, identify experience needed, and expand career horizons. ...The desire for mentoring comes from all levels of the fire management workforce, and employees at all levels can participate.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gray
From the text ... 'Ever dream of a single mopup tool that could blast both above- and below-ground fires? Well, dream no more. The monup nozzle can spray either water or wet air-aspirated class A fire foam on above-ground fires and inject either substance into the ground to…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text ... 'We can improve preparedness and suppression, but until we better manage fuel buildups and growth in the wildland/urban interface, the gains will be marginal. ...We need fire protection programs that are ecologically appropriate, socially acceptable, and…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS