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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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McWhorter
Understanding how firefighters navigate their protection areas is a topic few researchers have focused on. Building on a foundation of cognitive mapping, wayfinding and the standard operating procedures of the fire service, this study examines how firefighters form, access and…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The men and women involved in Fire and Aviation Management well represent the pride exemplified by all Forest Service and other employees in 'caring for the land and serving people.' The video portrays the brave wildland firefighters of all federal, state and local agencies…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Yin
Geospatial Technology is prevalent in a wide range of applications that utilize spatial data to plan, respond, manage and operate both short term and long term tasks. Applying geospatial technology to address wildland and wildland urban interface (WUI) fire hazards has…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stonesifer, Calkin, Thompson, Kaiden
Wildland firefighting is an inherently dangerous activity, and aviation-related accidents in particular comprise a large share of firefighter fatalities. Due to limited understanding of operational factors that lead to aviation accidents, it is unclear how local decisionmakers,…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler, Hardy
The Joint Fire Science Program funded a previous study aimed at characterizing firefighter safety zone guidelines (PI Butler JFSP 03-2-1-03). The results have been incorporated into wildland fire curricula (e.g. S-190, 290, 390 etc) and documents (e.g. Incident Response Pocket…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Saperstein
This webinar explores a current effort to use the Interagency Fuel Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) in Alaska for fuel treatment planning on or adjacent to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. In addition, IFTDSS was also used to assess the effectiveness of pre-existing…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
This one-hour video includes a presentation from Dr. Stephen Quarles along with a live 'Ask an Expert' segment where pre-selected homeowners have an opportunity to ask a question related to the session's topic. This unique learning format provides wildland/urban interface…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Calkin
In this presentation we review several recent studies that attempt to understand how suppression actions influence fire progression as well as review variation among Incident Management Teams in the amount of resources that they use to manage large wildland fires in the US.…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
This one-hour video includes a presentation from Dr. Stephen Quarles along with a live 'Ask an Expert' segment where pre-selected homeowners have an opportunity to ask a question related to the session's topic. This unique learning format provides wildland/urban interface…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
On May 19th 2014 the Funny River fire started on the western side of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Over the next five days the fire grew to nearly 200,000 acres, burning four structures and two outbuildings. There were also thousands of homes in the direct path of the fire.…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Richardson
See how today's Colorado State FMO for the BLM and IC for the Rocky Mtn. Type 2 IMT (Team A) got there in this 13-minute video.
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Domitrovich, Parks, Jacobs, Symonds
Over the past few years, there has been a marked increase in cases of Rhabdomyolysis aka 'Rhabdo', Compartment Syndrome and Heat Illness. As a wildland firefighter or supervisor, do you know what to look for? Are these conditions linked or can they occur individually? In this…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Mowery
This webinar discusses tangible and innovative methods in which national Fire Adapted Communities (FAC's) are moving forward. Over the last few years, many have been introduced to the term Fire Adapted Communities through national policy and programs. Many communities have…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lewandrowski, Kim, Aillery
Economic studies have demonstrated that agricultural landowners could mitigate significant quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through afforestation. The associated carbon, however, must remain stored in soils or biomass for several decades to achieve substantial…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS