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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Dahale, Ferguson, Shotorban, Mahalingam
Formulation of a physics-based model, capable of predicting fire spread through a single elevated crown-like shrub, is described in detail. Predictions from the model, obtained by numerical solutions to governing equations of fluid dynamics, combustion, heat transfer and thermal…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
The intent of this document is to provide prescribed fie practitioners, planners and agency administrators with a brief summary of the major themes that emerged from escaped prescribed fires in 2012. This summary is not an all-inclusive recounting of these individual escapes.…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wibbenmeyer, Hand, Calkin, Venn, Thompson
Federal policy has embraced risk management as an appropriate paradigm for wildfire management. Economic theory suggests that over repeated wildfire events, potential economic costs and risks of ecological damage are optimally balanced when management decisions are free from…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Moody, Shakesby, Robichaud, Cannon, Martin
Research into post-wildfire effects began in the United Statesmore than 70 years ago and only later extended to other parts of the world. Post-wildfire responses are typically transient, episodic, variable in space and time, dependent on thresholds, and involve multiple…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Homeowners living within a mile of forests or any fire-prone landscape - public or private, rural or urban - can take simple preventive steps to limit damage from wildfires. Here are seven ways to help your community become 'fire adapted' and contain rising fire-control costs.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Coen, Cameron, Michalakes, Riggan, Yedinak
A wildland fire behavior module (WRF-Fire) was integrated into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) public domain numerical weather prediction model. The fire module is a surface fire behavior model that is two-way coupled with the atmospheric model. Near-surface winds…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mavsar, González-Cabán, Varela
Forest fires affect millions of people worldwide, and cause major ecosystem and economic impacts at different scales. The management policies implemented to minimize the negative impacts of forest fires require substantial investment of financial, human and organizational…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ferguson, Dahale, Shotorban, Mahalingam, Weise
The role of water vapor, originated from the moisture content in vegetation, on the combustion process was investigated via simulating an opposed diffusion flame and a laminar premixed flame with pyrolysis gases as the fuel and air as the oxidizer. The fuel was mixed with water…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Climate warming is an important factor that has contributed to increases in the frequency and severity of wildfires and epidemic spruce bark beetle outbreaks in the boreal forest. These changes are likely to alter ecosystems, as well as the way Alaskans view and use their…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildfires are a natural part of the boreal forest ecosystem. Fires are necessary for maintaining vegetation diversity and provide a diverse habitat for wildlife, but fires can also present a threat to human values. Alaska has seen a recent increase in the frequency of large fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Black
This report presents complete results of a 2011 stakeholder feedback effort conducted for the National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) Executive Board concerning how best to organize and manage national wildland fire Incident Management Teams in the future to meet the needs…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, York, Timm
In late April 2013, scientists from universities in Alaska, Florida, and Saskatchewan met with fire managers and resource specialists to share early results from a study called Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Harden, Manies
This 2-page research brief summarizes several years of field studies-citing recently published articles-by USGS soil scientists Jennifer Harden and Kristen Manies. Their studies shed new light on the impact of fires on permafrost in Alaska boreal forest, and interactions of…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
A 1-page research brief summarizes a recently published article by Canadian fire scientist Mike Flannigan of the University of Alberta. Dr. Flannigan is well-known in Alaska fire management circles due to his contributions to boreal forest wildfire studies and the Canadian large…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Archibald, Lehmann, Gomez-Dans, Bradstock
Fire is a ubiquitous component of the Earth system that is poorly understood. To date, a global-scale understanding of fire is largely limited to the annual extent of burning as detected by satellites. This is problematic because fire is multidimensional, and focus on a single…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Prestemon, Hawbaker, Bowden, Carpenter, Brooks, Abt, Sutphen, Scranton
Deriving from original work under the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy completed in 2011, this report summarizes the state of knowledge regarding the underlying causes and the role of wildfire prevention efforts on all major categories of wildfires, including…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vaillant, Ager, Anderson, Miller
Fuel management planning can be a complex problem that is assisted by fire behavior modeling and geospatial analyses. Fuel management often is a particularly complicated process in which the benefits and potential impacts of fuel treatments need to be demonstrated in the context…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutes
Fuelbeds consist of a number of combustible components that are consumed during a fire, including duff, litter, vegetation (herbs, shrub, foliage, and branches) and down dead woody material (DWM). Combustion of DWM during a fire has a well-documented role in determining fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taber, Elenz, Langowski
This publication focuses on the thought processes and considerations surrounding a risk management process for decision making on wildfires. The publication introduces a six element risk management cycle designed to encourage sound risk-informed decision making in accordance…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
The degree of accuracy in model predictions of wildland fire behaviour characteristics are dependent on the model's applicability to a given situation, the validity of the model's relationships, and the reliability of the model input data. While much progress has been made by…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Martinson, Omi
We employed meta-analysis and information theory to synthesize findings reported in the literature on the effects of fuel treatments on subsequent fire intensity and severity. Data were compiled from 19 publications that reported observed fire responses from 62 treated versus…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Over the last 15 years, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has funded discoveries and innovations that are used every day by wildland fire managers. The highest compliment for our work happens when research innovations are adopted and implemented and become standards for…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Perryman, Dugaw, Varner, Johnson
In spite of considerable effort to predict wildland fire behaviour, the effects of firebrand lift-off, the ignition of resulting spot fires and their effects on fire spread, remain poorly understood. We developed a cellular automata model integrating key mathematical models…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
Fire has historically played a fundamental ecological role in many of America's wildland areas. However, the rising number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of wildfire management have led…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kolden, Rogan
Wildfires are historically infrequent in the arctic tundra, but are projected to increase with climate warming. Fire effects on tundra ecosystems are poorly understood and difficult to quantify in a remote region where a short growing season severely limits ground data…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES