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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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The challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities and successes in the Western…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Wei, Thompson, Belval, Gannon, Calkin, O'Connor
Contingency firelines can be used to back up primary lines to increase probability of fire containment, decrease fire losses, and improve firefighter safety. In this study, we classify firelines into primary, contingency, and response lines. We design a modeling process to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Johansen
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Van Lear, Waldrop
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Gnann
Aerial ignition using plastic spheres (similar to ping-pong balls) charged with potassium permanganate activated by ethylene glycol and dropped from a low flying helicopter is a proven system to safely prescribe burn large areas in a short time for rough reduction and site…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Stevens
Aerial drip torch devices have potential for dramatically increasing acreage burned annually. Aerial burning requires different and broader concepts than hand burrning, more advance planning, more attention to detail, and at least a basic understanding of helicopter operations.
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The most recent fire line production rates have been compiled by the NWCG Fuels Management Committee. The production rates were produced by a variety of sources. These tables were originally published in Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide, PMS 210 (2014 - discontinued…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Bushey
Rate of fire spread and flame length were observed on six prescribed headfires in the sagebrush (Artemisia)/bunchgrass vegetation type in western North America. Spread rate and flame length predictions from the fire behavior prediction system BEHAVE reasonably matched mean…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Blakely
Proposes a method for quantifying the fire-extinguishing capabilities of plain water and water with thickeners and fire-retarding chemicals added. Flaming pine needle fuel beds were sprayed with different water/chemical combinations while energy release rates were continuously…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Hurd, McBride
Description not entered.
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES