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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Hessburg
We have all seen the news - hotter summers, and bigger, badder wildfires. What's going on? How did we get here? Paul tells a fast-paced story of western US forests - unintentionally yet massively changed by a century of management. He relates how these changes, coupled with a…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Mutch, Davis, Bucks
The "Wildland Fires" chapter incorporates the latest information on developments in the field based on research findings and real-world events.
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Broyles, Butler, Kardous
Wildland fire fighters use many tools and equipment that produce noise levels that may be considered hazardous to hearing. This study evaluated 174 personal dosimetry measurements on 156 wildland fire fighters conducting various training and fire suppression tasks. Noise…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cascio
This webinar presented by Wayne Cascio June 21, 2017 highlighted updates to the Wildfire Smoke Guide, as well as the Smoke Sense app, which is a mobile application that gets air quality information to people impacted by wildfire smoke, and helps those affected learn ways to…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jones, Berrens
Recent growth in the frequency and severity of US wildfires has led to more wildfire smoke and increased public exposure to harmful air pollutants. Populations exposed to wildfire smoke experience a variety of negative health impacts, imposing economic costs on society. However…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Campbell, Dennison, Butler
Escape routes are essential components of wildland firefighter safety, providing pre-defined pathways to a safety zone. Among the many factors that affect travel rates along an escape route, landscape conditions such as slope, low-lying vegetation density, and ground surface…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butler, Marsh, Domitrovich, Helmkamp
Wildland fire fighting is a high-risk occupation requiring considerable physical and psychological demands. Multiple agencies publish fatality summaries for wildland firefighters; however, the reported number and types vary. At least five different surveillance systems capture…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Urgenson, Ryan, Halpern, Bakker, Belote, Franklin, Haugo, Nelson, Waltz
Collaborative approaches to natural resource management are becoming increasingly common on public lands. Negotiating a shared vision for desired conditions is a fundamental task of collaboration and serves as a foundation for developing management objectives and monitoring…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bastian, Keske, Mcleod, Hoag
Conservation easements offer sustainable land use and environmental conservation through land use restrictions. Opportunities exist to improve the efficiency by which parties interested in conservation easement transactions are matched, which may contribute to the overall…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Adetona, Adetona, Gogal, Diaz-Sanchez, Rathbun, Naeher
Objective: A repeated measures study was used to assess the effect of work tasks on select proinflammatory biomarkers in firefighters working at prescribed burns. Methods: Ten firefighters and two volunteers were monitored for particulate matter and carbon monoxide on workdays,…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rappold, Reyes, Pouliot, Cascio, Diaz-Sanchez
Identifying communities vulnerable to adverse health effects from exposure to wildfire smoke may help prepare responses, increase the resilience to smoke and improve public health outcomes during smoke days. We developed a Community Health-Vulnerability Index (CHVI) based on…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Little
From AFSC's Spring 2017 Workshop.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
A diversity of partners and interests, federal to private, came together to identify current challenges and research in the wildland fire and air quality impacts realm. Meeting management needs and the opportunity to learn from one another’s expert perspectives were primary…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by the agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2016 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and Application Committee…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ronchi, Gwynne, Rein, Wadhwani, Intini, Bergstedt
The number of evacuees worldwide during wildfire keep rising, year after year. Fire evacuations at the wildland-urban interfaces (WUI) pose a serious challenge to fire and emergency services and are a global issue affecting thousands of communities around the world. But to date…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The NWCG Report on Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: 2007-2016 is a report examining the causes of death for firefighters who work for various organizations across the United States. We assessed trends and common factors of fatalities to help mitigate those…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rutherford, Schultz
Under projected patterns of climate change, models predict an increase in wildland fire activity in Alaska, which is likely to strain the capacity of the fire governance system under current arrangements (Melvin et al., 2017; Pastick et al., 2017). The Alaska wildland fire…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Woo, Hui, Gan, Kim
The May 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada—the costliest wildfire disaster in Canadian history—led to an areawide evacuation by road and air. Traffic count and flight data were used to assess the characteristics of the evacuation, including estimates of…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Domitrovich
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Wildland firefighters expend large quantities of energy, are exposed to extreme environmental conditions, and often alter their dietary patterns while managing fires. Our work at the National Technology and…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Wilson, Mowery, Holt, Siok
Local plans, such as the comprehensive plan, economic development plan, and transportation plan, establish policies that are intended to guide a community’s day-to-day land use decisions and capital facilities expenditures. These policies have a major impact on whether people…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
When it comes to unnecessary risk and exposure to heat, smoke, fatigue, and noise, could you be a “Bad Ass” or a “Dumb Ass”? Maybe it’s time you put a pinch of practical in your tactical pause. George Broyles, Fire and Fuels Project Leader for the U.S. Forest Service’s National…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
What happens when you are “all in” in your wildland fire service job and you suddenly get the boot—whether through mandatory retirement, freak accident, family demands, or any other “involuntary separation”? “Why Identity Matters” is the focus of this issue. Page 1 provides…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chambers, Champ
Before the rise of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, public information officers on wildfires depended on traditional mass media, including newspapers, television, and radio, to get important messages about dangerous wildfires to the public. That is not the…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fawcett
Learn about Prescribed Burn Associations from Jennifer Fawcett! Firewise? FAC? Prescribed Burn Associations? There are a lot of programs and opportunities out there to help your community live more safely with wildfire. This is part 3 of 5 in a series of short webinar panel…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide establishes national interagency standards for the planning and implementation of prescribed fire. These standards: 1) Describe what is minimally acceptable for prescribed fire planning and…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES