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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Rideout
Fuels management is conducted in the context of the social sciences, which bring the science of the human element into the analysis. Of the social sciences, economics addresses the enhancement or improvement in the human condition by improving our ability to allocate scarce…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Scott
Recent fires have spawned intense interest in fuel treatment and ecological restoration activities. Scientists and land managers have been advocating these activities for years, and the recent fires have provided incentives for federal, state, and local entities to move ahead…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Donovan, Rideout
Determining the specific mix of fire-fighting resources for a given fire is a necessary condition for identifying the minimum of the Cost Plus Net Value Change (C+NVC) function. Current wildland fire management models may not reliably do so. The problem of identifying the most…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Walstad, Reed, Doescher, Kauffman, Miller, Shindler, Tappeiner
Distance education, facilitated by modern telecommunications and computer technology, is revolutionizing delivery of college-level courses. In creating an interdisciplinary course on wildland fire, we learned that initial investments of at least $100,000 may be required,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Franklin, Agee
[Excerpts from article] ... A national forest fire policy should cover every aspect of fire control: Managing fuels within forests and landscapes; fire suppression; and, ultimately, salvage and restoration treatments after wildfire. Currently in the United States, individual…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jakes
A collection of papers presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management highlight research findings from studies supported by the National Fire Plan. These studies focus on the human dimensions of wildfire, and look at the perceptions and actions…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hermansen-Baez
This paper explores common definitions and characteristics of the wildland-urban interface, particularly from a natural resource planning and policy perspective. Factors that are driving the rapid change and expansion of the wildland-urban interface are also examined.
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
DeWilde
A through analysis of human impacts on interior Alaska's fire regime demonstrates that human activities have effects in populated areas. Two approaches were used to determine impacts: I examined three regions with very different populations, and also one large region to analyze…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Williams
From page 1: 'Evidence for the purposeful use of fire by American Indians--also termed Native Americans, Indigenous People, and First Nations/People in many ecosystems has been easy to document but difficult to substantiate. Many researchers and ecologists discount the fact…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This report reflects the combined knowledge of the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) of the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Its purpose is to provide an overview of the hazard risks facing the nation, identify the common links between…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cortner, Field, Jakes, Buthman
The 2000 and 2002 fire seasons resulted in increased political scrutiny of the nation's wildland fire threats, and given the fact that millions of acres of lands are still at high risk for future catastrophic fire events, the issues highlighted by the recent fire seasons are not…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Absher, Bright, Vaske, Kneeshaw
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Goldammer
The increasing incidence, extent and severity of uncontrolled burning globally, together with its many adverse consequences, has brought fire into the international environmental policy arena, with growing calls for international action leading to greater control of burning,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gebert, Schuster, Hesseln
Our study tested the hypothesis that a 24-hour pay system would help control the rising cost of fire suppression and improve firefighter safety. Under this system, emergency firefighting employees would receive their regular base pay 24 hours a day, regardless of the length of…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES