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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Alanis-Morales
Studies to determine the feasibility of using prescribed fire to prevent fire in the forests of northwestern Chihuahua were initiated in 1982 at an experimental level. These studies have resulted in valuable information on the importance of prescribed fire in protecting and, at…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Daniel, Meitner, Weidemann
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Waldron, Schary, Cardinal
The aims of this research were to develop and test a scale used to measure leadership in wildland firefighting using two samples of USA wildland firefighters. The first collection of data occurred in the spring and early summer and consisted of an online survey. The second set…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Scheer
From the text: Firefighting, especially smokejumping, is an exercise in outlasting the uncomfortable. I think it has little to do with gender; rather it is each individual's assessment and subsequent reaction to a given situation.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

McGee
From the text...'A group of valiant men known as the Triple Nickles, the first African-American smokerjumpers, paved the way for so many in the smokejumping cadre...'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Cottrell
From the text...'Smokejumpers come from all over the country and represent a very diverse and well-educated workforce.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Bramwell
From the text ... 'One of the smokejumper program's defining characteristics is its commitment to innovation--a constant refinement of equipment and techniques that hearkens back to the program's earliest days.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Topik
From the text ... 'With just over 3 months remaining, it looks like 2015 could be a record-breaking year for wildfires in the United States. So far this year, more than 8.5 million acres have burned and severe fires often happen in October. For the first time, the U.S. Forest…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

North, Stephens, Collins, Agee, Aplet, Franklin, Fulé
From the text ... 'Management reform in the United States has failed, not because of policy, but owing to lack of coordinated pressure sufficient to overcome entrenched agency disincentive to working with fire. Responding to established research, official agency policy now…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Duff, Tolhurst
Wildfires are an inherent part of the landscape in many parts of the world; however, they often impose substantial economic burdens on human populations where they occur, both in terms of impacts and of management costs. As wildfires burn towards human assets, a universal…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Waldron, Ebbeck
A quantitative approach was adopted to explore facets of mindfulness and self-compassion in relation to their ability to predict crewmembers' perceptions of their supervisors' leadership capabilities. The sample comprised 43 wildland fire crews consisting of their primary…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Lueck, Yoder
This article examines the complex structure of wildland firefighting using the economic theories of contracts, property rights, and organization. We examine historical and cross-sectional case studies and consider the implications for contemporary wildfire management. Wildfires…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Chen, Di
Precautions against forest fires, a significant element in the prevention and reduction of natural disasters in China, are very important to the development of public emergency systems, as well as to the safety of forest resources, ecology, people's lives and properties. The USA…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

From the text ... 'The wildland/urban inferface (WUI) is a geographic location where structures and flammable vegetation merge in a wildfire-prone environment.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Smurthwaite
From the text ... 'What does the future of rangelands and wildfire look like? The easy answer to the question is that rangelands will look different in the future and so will wildfire occurrence and behavior.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Hedrick
From the text ... 'Although range fires can and do burn ferociously, they are generally much shorter in duration than large forest fires. While a major forest fire may burn for weeks or even months, large range fires typically burn for only a few days. They don't have the…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Frederick
From the text ... 'The advanced off-road capability of BLM [Bureau of Land Management] engines means that mobile crews can access parts of the fire otherwise only accessible by aircraft or hand crews.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Gosz, Gosz
The desert/grassland biome transition zone in central New Mexico provides an important region for testing species differences to changing environmental conditions and various land management practices. Interactions of black grama (Bouteloua eripoda) and blue grama (Bouteloua…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Scott
From the Introduction...'Several decades of fire suppression following logging around the turn-of-the-century has produced dense, even-age stands of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). They contrast with the original forests where frequent,…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Greene, Evenden
From the Conclusions...'Attempts to exclude fire from wildland ecosystems in the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest Regions have had serious ecological impacts on at least 79 of the established and proposed Research Natural Areas. Numerous ecological and operational challenges…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ottmar, Schaaf, Alvarado
From the Introduction...'Fire is the single most important ecological disturbance process throughout the interior Pacific Northwest (Mutch and others 1993; Agee 1994). It is also a natural process that helps maintain a diverse ecological landscape. Fire suppression and timber…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Hirsch, Martell
Information regarding the productivity and effectiveness of initial attack fire crews is essential to a wide variety of forest fire management activities. This paper provides a selective review of crew productivity research conducted in Australia, Canada, and the United States…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Vanderlinden
Stand replacement prescribed burning has been applied in Alaska on several occasions. Based on that experience, perspectives can be provided, issues can be discussed, and keys to success can be identified that are applicable to stand replacement prescribed burning activities in…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Harbour
Active Citizenship-what does it mean and how does it apply to wildland fire management?
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Thompson, Dunn, Calkin
In their Policy Forum "Reform forest fire management" (18 September, p. 1280), M. P. North et al. highlight public support and improved spatial planning as key leverage points to deemphasize fire exclusion and expand beneficial fire. Although these steps are necessary, we…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES