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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Alexander, Mutch, Davis, Bucks
The "Wildland Fires" chapter incorporates the latest information on developments in the field based on research findings and real-world events.
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Broyles, Butler, Kardous
Wildland fire fighters use many tools and equipment that produce noise levels that may be considered hazardous to hearing. This study evaluated 174 personal dosimetry measurements on 156 wildland fire fighters conducting various training and fire suppression tasks. Noise…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gaughan, Piacitelli, Chen, Law, Virji, Edwards, Enright, Schwegler-Berry, Leonard, Wagner, Kobzik, Kales, Hughes, Christiani, Siegel, Cox-Ganser, Hoover
Respiratory problems are common among wildland firefighters. However, there are few studies directly linking occupational exposures to respiratory effects in this population. Our objective was to characterize wildland fire fighting occupational exposures and assess their…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
From the text ... 'The key to successfully avoiding accidents is the development of equal parts confidence and caution.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barnett
From the text ... 'Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest service to forest resource experts provide…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cascio
This webinar presented by Wayne Cascio June 21, 2017 highlighted updates to the Wildfire Smoke Guide, as well as the Smoke Sense app, which is a mobile application that gets air quality information to people impacted by wildfire smoke, and helps those affected learn ways to…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jones, Berrens
Recent growth in the frequency and severity of US wildfires has led to more wildfire smoke and increased public exposure to harmful air pollutants. Populations exposed to wildfire smoke experience a variety of negative health impacts, imposing economic costs on society. However…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Campbell, Dennison, Butler
Escape routes are essential components of wildland firefighter safety, providing pre-defined pathways to a safety zone. Among the many factors that affect travel rates along an escape route, landscape conditions such as slope, low-lying vegetation density, and ground surface…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butler, Marsh, Domitrovich, Helmkamp
Wildland fire fighting is a high-risk occupation requiring considerable physical and psychological demands. Multiple agencies publish fatality summaries for wildland firefighters; however, the reported number and types vary. At least five different surveillance systems capture…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butry, Prestemon, Thomas
The number of smoking-caused wildfires has been falling nationwide. In national forests in 2011, smoking-caused wildfires represented only 10% of their 1980 level. No other cause of wildfire has experienced this level of decline. For 12 states, we evaluate the rate of smoking-…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler
Current wildland firefighter safety zone guidelines are based on studies that assume flat terrain, radiant heating, finite flame width, constant flame temperature and high flame emissivity. Firefighter entrapments and injuries occur across a broad range of vegetation, terrain…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
From the text ... 'Fire historically has played a fundamental ecological role in many of America's wildland areas. However, the increasing number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Adetona, Adetona, Gogal, Diaz-Sanchez, Rathbun, Naeher
Objective: A repeated measures study was used to assess the effect of work tasks on select proinflammatory biomarkers in firefighters working at prescribed burns. Methods: Ten firefighters and two volunteers were monitored for particulate matter and carbon monoxide on workdays,…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rappold, Reyes, Pouliot, Cascio, Diaz-Sanchez
Identifying communities vulnerable to adverse health effects from exposure to wildfire smoke may help prepare responses, increase the resilience to smoke and improve public health outcomes during smoke days. We developed a Community Health-Vulnerability Index (CHVI) based on…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews
The BehavePlus Fire Modeling System is among the most widely used systems for wildland fire prediction. It is designed for use in a range of tasks including wildfire behaviour prediction, prescribed fire planning, fire investigation, fuel hazard assessment, fire model…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
[from the text] For years, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has been creating fuelbreaks by managing vegetation along its boundaries. Planning by the Refuge, the State, and private landowners led to construction of fuelbreaks designed to protect homes from the next wildfire,…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ronchi, Gwynne, Rein, Wadhwani, Intini, Bergstedt
The number of evacuees worldwide during wildfire keep rising, year after year. Fire evacuations at the wildland-urban interfaces (WUI) pose a serious challenge to fire and emergency services and are a global issue affecting thousands of communities around the world. But to date…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The NWCG Report on Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: 2007-2016 is a report examining the causes of death for firefighters who work for various organizations across the United States. We assessed trends and common factors of fatalities to help mitigate those…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Woo, Hui, Gan, Kim
The May 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada—the costliest wildfire disaster in Canadian history—led to an areawide evacuation by road and air. Traffic count and flight data were used to assess the characteristics of the evacuation, including estimates of…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Domitrovich
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Wildland firefighters expend large quantities of energy, are exposed to extreme environmental conditions, and often alter their dietary patterns while managing fires. Our work at the National Technology and…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
When it comes to unnecessary risk and exposure to heat, smoke, fatigue, and noise, could you be a “Bad Ass” or a “Dumb Ass”? Maybe it’s time you put a pinch of practical in your tactical pause. George Broyles, Fire and Fuels Project Leader for the U.S. Forest Service’s National…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
What happens when you are “all in” in your wildland fire service job and you suddenly get the boot—whether through mandatory retirement, freak accident, family demands, or any other “involuntary separation”? “Why Identity Matters” is the focus of this issue. Page 1 provides…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Youssouf, Liousse, Roblou, Assamoi, Salonen, Maesano, Banerjee, Annesi-Maesano
Wildfires take a heavy toll on human health worldwide. Climate change may increase the risk of wildfire frequency. Therefore, in view of adapted preventive actions, there is an urgent need to further understand the health effects and public awareness of wildfires. We conducted a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler, Hardy
The term safety zone was first introduced into the official literature in 1957 in the aftermath of the Inaja fire that killed 11 firefighters. Since then identification of safety zones has been an integral task for all wildland firefighters. The work that resulted in the current…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest Service to forest resource experts provide input and oversight…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES