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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Skowronski, Hiers
This webinar is part of NAFSE's Prescribed Fire Science Workshop Webinar Series. It was broadcast on July 16, 2020 to kick off the series.
This webinar has 2 parts:
1. Prescribed Fire Science and Co-production: by Dr. Nick Skowronski, Research Forester with the USDA Forest…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hewitt, Chapin, Hollingsworth, Mack, Rocha, Taylor
We tested whether post-fire seedling establishment of common boreal tree and expanding shrub species at treeline and in Arctic tundra is facilitated by co-migration of boreal forest mycorrhizal fungi. Wildfires are anticipated to facilitate biome shifts at the forest-tundra…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thompson, Bayham, Belval
The global COVID-19 pandemic will pose unique challenges to the management of wildland fire in 2020. Fire camps may provide an ideal setting for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. However, intervention strategies can help minimize disease spread and…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cruz, Alexander, Fernandes, Kilinc, Sil
The prediction of wildfire rate of spread and growth under high wind speeds and dry fuel moisture conditions is key to taking proactive actions to warn and in turn protect communities. We used two datasets of wildfires spreading under critical fire weather conditions to evaluate…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Navarro, Piacentino, Viktora, Coil
As COVID-19 cases and wildland fire activity increase across the country, wildland fire personnel are looking for ways to quickly identify cases and prevent the spread of the disease on the fireline. The Southwest Fire Consortium will be hosting a webinar sharing information…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jolly
The Wildfire SAFE app incorporates real-time data from sources that include the U.S. National Fire Danger Rating System, U.S. Drought Monitor drought conditions, weather data, and vegetation conditions to provide targeted information on any wildfire in the continental United…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sharma, Rani, Memon
One of the most ubiquitous cause of worldwide deforestation and devastation of wildlife is fire. To control fire and reach the forest area in time is not always possible. Consequently, the level of destruction is often high. Therefore, predicting fires well in time and taking…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mockrin, Radeloff, Stewart, Steel, Hammer
Wildfire losses in the U.S. have soared over the past several decades, as residential development in fire-prone vegetation has expanded, causing more ignitions and creating a vast wildland-urban interface (WUI) to protect during fire. However, wildfires themselves may be…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
French, Billmire, Prichard, Kennedy, McKenzie, Larkin, Ottmar
Fuels are highly variable and dynamic in space and time, and fuel loading can vary considerably even within fine spatial scales and within specific fuel types, such as downed wood or organic soils. Given this inherent variability in fuel loadings, it is not good practice to…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Deaton
While a wildfire is a natural occurrence, the loss of communities to fire is not. Community engagement and empowerment can stop life and property loss from wildfire and keep the wildfire from becoming a disaster. This presentation will share how the Firewise USA® Program, and…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Pang, Chen, An, Wang, Deng, Benard, Lajnef, Cao
Forest fires present a great threat as they can rapidly grow and become large, resulting in tragic loss of life and property when occurring near occupied land. Here a self‐powered fire alarm system based on a novel multilayered cylindrical triboelectric nanogenerator (MC‐TENG)…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stauffer, Autenrieth, Hart, Capoccia
A steady increase in wildfire event severity and season length has led to greater potential for exposure to fine particulate matter associated with wildfire smoke. Research has found fine particulate matter to be correlated with a myriad of health ailments and thus effective…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Suzuki, Manzello
Due to the increased concern for the environment, sustainable construction materials are getting increased attention. Wood is considered a renewable, sustainable construction material. The problem with wood is that it is a fire-prone material. With an increasing number of…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Walker, Baltzer, Bourgeau-Chavez, Day, Dieleman, Johnstone, Kane, Rogers, Turetsky, Veraverbeke, Mack
Increases in fire frequency, extent, and severity are expected to strongly impact the structure and function of boreal forest ecosystems. An important function of the boreal forest is its ability to sequester and store carbon (C). Increasing disturbance from wildfires, emitting…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Policelli, Horton, Hudon, Patterson, Bhatnagar
Temperate and boreal forests are increasingly suffering from anthropic degradation. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are symbionts with most temperate and boreal forest trees, providing their hosts with soil nutrients and water in exchange for plant carbon. This group of fungi is…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Matonis, Quinn-Davidson, Guess, Sadler, Karboski
In this webinar co-hosted by the FLN and Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, Meg Matonis shared highlights from the recent report “Insights and Suggestions for Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Programs.” A panel gave overviews of programs in states with established programs…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rey, Walvoord, Minsley, Ebel, Voss, Singha
As the Arctic warms and wildfire occurrence increases, talik formation in permafrost regions is projected to expand and affect the cycling of water and carbon. Yet, few unified field and modeling studies have examined this process in detail, particularly in areas of continuous…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Thoman
This AFSC research brief takes a look at early Alaska fire history from the 1940s. The "Zombie" Fires of 1942 is a historical narrative of an exceptional fire event related to the Alaska Railroad, including an early description of a holdover fire burning over winter.
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ritter, Hoffman, Battaglia, Stevens-Rumann, Mell
In frequent‐fire forests, wildland fire acts as a self‐ regulating process creating forest structures that consist of a fine‐grained mosaic of isolated trees, tree groups of various sizes, and non‐treed openings. Though the self‐regulation of forest structure through repeated…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Loboda
The Wildland Fire Emissions Information System (WFEIS) designed by Michigan Tech (https://wfeis.mtri.org/) was used to estimate wildfire emissions and concentrations affecting populated areas across rural and urban Alaska. WFEIS is used by landscape, carbon, and air quality…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hunter, Robles
Prescribed fire can result in significant benefits to ecosystems and society. Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience. Prescribed fire can also come with costs, such as reduced…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hehnen, Arnold, La Mendola
A general procedure is described to generate material parameter sets to simulate fire propagation in horizontal cable tray installations. Cone Calorimeter test data are processed in an inverse modelling approach. Here, parameter sets are generated procedurally and serve as input…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Continuum Conference, co-sponsored by the Association for Fire Ecology and the International Association of Wildland Fire, was designed to cover both the biophysical and human dimensions aspects of fire along the fire continuum. This proceedings includes many of topics…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCarthy, Morgan, Barrett, Porter
Just like the CDC recommends wearing a mask to protect you and your neighbor, we all play a part in keeping our communities safe from wildfire. As peak wildfire season approaches and we continue to fight #coronavirus, we’re learning more about how the pandemic will affect fire…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Gaudet, Simeoni, Gwynne, Kuligowski, Bénichou
Post-incident studies provide direct and valuable information to further the scientific understanding of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. Most post-incident studies involve data collection in the field (i.e. a 'research field deployment'). In this review, technical reports…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES