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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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An overview of the International Crown Fire Modeling Experiments in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Year: 1997
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Myers
Fire regimes are sets of recurring conditions of fire that characterize given fife-maintained ecosystems. On any given area, a fire regime is also a unique fire history. In biodiversity conservation, one should distinguish between the concept of a "natural” fire regime and a…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stanton
Most ecosystems in North America evolved with the aid of periodic fires. Managers of natural areas, including prairies and wetlands, who seek to maintain ecologically diverse sites will at some point explore the use of fire in their management program. This article introduces…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
White
The U.S. Enviromnental Protection Agency (EPA) is under court order to review the adequacy of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM-10) by January 31, 1997. A significant number of recent epidemiological research studies have found a…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae, Todd, Ogilvie
The concepts of a Prescribed Fire Ignition Expert System (PFIES) are discussed. The system will be designed to be used in planning any prescribed burn that utilizes the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System in setting the weather prescription. The idea for an expert system…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Cheney, Trevitt
The term 'tree crown street' has been coined to describe the pattern of burned or partially burned tree crowns, aligned roughly parallel to the general direction of fire spread, that is often left in the wake of crowning forest fires. Within the streets the foliage of the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thoele
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae, Weirich, Johnson
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ward
The mixture of particles, liquids, and gaseous compounds found in smoke from wildland fires is very complex. The potential for long-term adverse health effects is much greater because of this complex mixture. The particles are known to contain many important organic compounds…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Blakely
A nylon tent designed for firefighters was placed in a smoky environment in a wind tunnel. The close knit fabric screened out 95 percent of the particulate matter but none of the gases in the smoke. There was no oxygen depletion in the tent when a person was in or out even…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vyas, Hill, Larson, Poulton
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Clark, Hardy
Alaskans in general felt that fires burned communities elsewhere but not in their backyard. That all started to change after the disastrous Miller's Reach Fire in June of 1996. Now Alaskans are thinking about and discussing the hazards and destructive power of wildfire.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES