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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Kuligowski
As wildfires that threaten communities become more severe, there is an increasing need to understand human behavior in these situations, and evacuation decision-making and behavior in particular. A number of deaths have occurred in previous fires during the evacuation process.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hudson, Bray, Blunck, Page, Butler
This work reports characteristics of embers generated by torching trees and seeks to identify the important physical and biological factors involved. The size of embers, number flux and propensity to ignite spot fires (i.e. number flux of ‘hot’ embers) are reported for several…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Faivre, Amoako, Bird, Conedera
Sparking FireSmart Policies in the EU: The Importance of an Integrated Fire Management Approach - Nicolas Faivre, Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation (RTD), European Commission, Belgium
The presentation will introduce the recent EU policy developments…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Shannon, Anand, Shotorban, Mahalingam
Fire interactions between multiple 1 m tall, 0.7 m diameter chamise shrubs was studied utilizing the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS, Mell et al., 2009). Two shrub arrangements were investigated. First, nine shrubs were placed in a 3x3 horizontal region.…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The 2019 McKinley Fire devastated a 10-mile stretch of homes along Alaska's Parks Highway. This video describes the fire and its aftermath through interviews with residents and fire professionals, and discusses ways to protect structures from wildfires.
Useful websites about…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
A 3-m between crown spacing is a commonly cited criterion found in the wildland-urban interface fire literature for minimizing the likelihood of a fully-developed crown fire from occurring in a conifer forest on level terrain. The validity of this general recommendation is…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Tymstra, Stocks, Cai, Flannigan
Wildfire management agencies in Canada are at a tipping point. Presuppression and suppression costs are increasing but program budgets are not. Climate change impacts and increasing interface values-at-risk are challenging suppression effectiveness and resulting in more wildfire…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schuster, Krebs
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hesseln, Rideout
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Menakis, Cohen, Bradshaw
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thomas
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Neill, Ferguson, Peterson, Wilson
BlueSky is a real-time smoke forecast system that predicts surface smoke concentrations from prescribed fire, wildfire, and agricultural burn activities. Developed by the USDA Forest Service in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is a tool used by…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rehm, Evans, McGrattan, Forney, Bouldin, Baker, Mell, Hostikka
This talk describes development of a physics-based mathematical and computational model to predict fire spread among structures and natural fuels (trees, shrubs and ground litter). This tool will be used to understand how fires spread in a community where both structures and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Scott
Originally designed as a short-life-span tool to explore the links between surface and crown fire behavior models, NEXUS was first released as an Excel spreadsheet in 1998. The modeling concepts developed for NEXUS have since been used in the Crown Mass program of Fuels…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fieldhouse, Dickinson
The extent of extreme fire behavior in the last several fire seasons has highlighted the susceptibility of current forested vegetation stands to crown fire, bringing it to the forefront of national attention. Though much attention has been given towards the wildland urban…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wildland urban interface hazard reduction in interior Alaska -- challenges, partnerships and success
Wildland Urban Interface Hazard reduction activities in Interior Alaska pose unique challenges for land managers. Villages requiring hazard reduction are remote. Subsistence lifestyles and traditions must be woven into the equation. Extremely cold winter temperatures and short…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Black, Miller, Landres
Most land management agencies are locked into a reinforcing feedback cycle in which perceived risks lead to fire suppression, leading to increased risks and further fire suppression. Existing tools and approaches for planning fire and fuels management perpetuate this cycle by…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McDowell
The Academy's fourth study of the federal land management agencies' wildfire issues will be delivered to Congress and the agencies in January 2004. It is a follow-up to three recommendations of the previous study on containing wildfire suppression costs. The three elements of…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cook, Zimmerman
As Federal wildland fire management agencies plan and implement management of long-duration wildland fires, the need for specialized organizational resources to address the development of strategic needs and to oversee implementation is expanding. Past actions for these kinds of…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dale
It is now widely acknowledged that fire suppression expenses have risen sharply recently as a result of fuel buildup and the proliferation of the wildland-urban interface. Federal firefighting budgets cannot be expected to keep up with anticipated suppression costs. One of the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bartlett
Fire-blocking gel, a new weapon in the war on wildfires, is being hailed by firefighters, property owners, scientists and government officials as one of the most important developments in fire fighting history. This new technology enables professional firefighters as well as…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Haggstrom
Human settlement in the fire-prone boreal forest of interior Alaska creates an interesting paradox: wildland fires are needed to protect against fire, and fire suppression is needed to cost-effectively manage lands and resources in the urban interface. Experience has shown that…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jakes, Barro
Wildfire fuels management is a front-page issue for the President, Congress, agencies, communities, and citizens. The role of social science in wildfire fuels management is to improve the decision-making process. In meetings with fuels managers and social scientists for several…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jones
StormCenter Communications in conjunction with the National Environmental Educational and Training Foundation (NEETF) has developed a powerful tool for delivering timely wildland fire information and public safety messages to the public through a partnership with local broadcast…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS