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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Addressing wildfire is not simply a fire management, fire operations, or wildland-urban interface problem - it is a larger, more complex land management and societal issue. The vision for the next century is to: Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Terhune
In his article Fuelbreaks for Wildland Fire Management, (Fire Ecology, Vol 1, Nbr 1, April 2005), Timothy Ingalsbee calls for '...wider range of designs, methods, and uses for fuelbreaks than has been offered in the typical fuelbreak proposals of the past.' But then he takes a…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Calkin, Finney, Ager, Thompson, Gebert
In this paper we review progress towards the implementation of a risk management framework for US federal wildland fire policy and operations. We first describe new developments in wildfire simulation technology that catalyzed the development of risk-based decision support…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sutton
From the text ... 'While many individuals are involved in wildland firefighting operations, we don't really know much about how the human mind works when on the fireline. Which actions are intentional or conscious, and which actions are automatic or unconscious? How much of what…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pence, Zimmerman
From the text ... 'Federal agency policy requires documentation and analysis of all wildland fire response decisions. In the past, planning and decision documentation for fires were completed using multiple unconnected processes, yielding many limitations. In response,…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wells
From the test ... 'In this issue of Fire Science Digest, we explore the career and preparation challenges faced by forest and rangeland fire professionsls, both new and seasoned. As the job description grows moe complex, a well-rounded background in current and emerging areas of…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thompson, Calkin
Wildland fire management is subject to manifold sources of uncertainty. Beyond the unpredictability of wildfire behavior, uncertainty stems from inaccurate/missing data, limited resource value measures to guide prioritization across fires and resources at risk, and an incomplete…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thompson, Calkin, Finney, Ager, Gilbertson-Day
The spatial, temporal, and social dimensions of wildfire risk are challenging U.S. federal land management agencies to meet societal needs while maintaining the health of the lands they manage. In this paper we present a quantitative, geospatial wildfire risk assessment tool,…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Milder, Clark
Conservation development projects combine real-estate development with conservation of land and other natural resources. Thousands of such projects have been conducted in the United States and other countries through the involvement of private developers, landowners, land trusts…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Farmer, Knapp, Meretsky, Chancellor, Fischer
The use of conservation easements as a conservation mechanism for private land has increased greatly in the past decade; conservation easements now protect over 15 million ha across the United States from residential and commercial development. We used a mailed survey and in-…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Viegas
From the text ... ''Eruptive fire behavior can be modeled and predicted mathematically.
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rachaniotis, Pappis
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Donahue
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor, Alexander
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nasiatka, Christenson
From the text ... 'Wildland fuels programs around the country are faced with periodic review and evaluations.... The Lessons Learned Center cooperated with Harvard Business School as it developed the first of its kind organizational learning survey to help individuals and units…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'Line officer support and active involvement was identified as the most important common denominator of the high-performance prescribed fire programs.... This personnel interchange between units not only helps accomplish agency targets, but it enhances the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zimmerman, Lasko
From the text ... 'Early prescribed natural fire efforts were tacitly supported, limited in extent, and carried out under close scrutiny.... Wildland fire use has moved beyond the confines of remote, inaccessible areas. It is expanding across an increasing variety of land use…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'The 1988 Yellowstone Fire controversy caused the USDA Forest Service to evaluate the risks and benefits of its wildland fire use program.... After the National Fire Plan was initiated, a significant increase in wildland fire use accomplishment occurred.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Livingston
From the text ... 'As fire season progresses and multiple assignments and traveling begin to take their physical toll, so do the physical and mental demands on our fire personnel.... Originally developed in 1984, 'Fireline Fitness,' could be the solution. This novel approach to…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keller
From the text ... ''Fireline Fitness' is an exciting, innovative, and novel approach to physical health and conditioning for wildland firefighters.... By promoting a healthy wildland fire workforce, the Fireline Fitness program benefits the agency as well as the individual.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chamberlin
From the text ... 'Career wildland firefighters usually pass through a portal of sorts: a 'safety awareness portal' that gives them new perspectives, altering their reality.... Transiting the portal is like a wakeup call.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keller
From the text ... ''A lesson is truly learned when we modify our behavior to reflect what we now know.' -- Paula Nasiatka, Center Manager, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. 'The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center enables wildland fire professionals to improve their…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bosworth
From the text ... 'Implementing this approach to our work will take time; it will be an ongoing process.... I am entirely confident the Forest Service is up to the task.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text ... 'The environment in which we do this job is fundamentally different than ever before. It continues to change at an unprecedented pace. Our future is stormy; our case is new. We must discard the old paradigms and move ahead.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS