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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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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
Delaney
Contracting helps Federal fire managers get things done. The Federal fire organizations contract for supplies, services, and-in some cases-construction and specialized services such as architecture and engineering. From buying Nomex, fusees, driptorch fuel, and meals-ready-to-…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by the agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2016 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and Application Committee…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lott
An explosives system is now available that enables crews to construct firelines faster and with less environmental impact than conventional methods, the explosives system has been thoroughly tested and presents minimal hazards under wildfire conditions. The system and complete…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Townsend, Higgins
From the text:'during the field season of 1976 tests were undertaken by the Forest Fire Research Institute to determine the friction reduction effectiveness of Firestream Plus. Firestream Plus is an electrolytic hydrocarbon oxide polymer manufactured by the Riverside Polymer…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wilson
From the text... 'The data in these tables and in the two additional tables listing "near-fatal” fires (Tables 3 and 4) help demystify these related fire types. It is possible to identify some common denominators of fire behavior in both fatal and near-fatal fires. It should be…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kourtz
Economic limitations prevent the mapping over large areas of forest fire fuel types using conventional forestry methods. The information contained in such maps would be a valuable tool for assisting in initial attack planning, presuppression planning and fire growth modelling.…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
George, Blakely, Johnson, Simmerman, Johnson
This report summarizes the development, history, and operational use of liquid ammonium phosphate and polyphosphate fire retardants since their first use in the early l960's. Several liquid ammonium polyphosphates were evaluated as long-term forest fire retardants in accordance…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Waigl
This research addresses improvements to the detection and characterization of active wildfires in Alaska with satellite-based sensors. The VIIRS I-band Fire Detection Algorithm for High Latitudes (VIFDAHL) was developed and evaluated against existing active fire products from…
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
Your agency needs to increase fuel treatments and prescribed fire, but how do you communicate this to the public in the best possible way? This paper by Dr. Eric Toman and colleagues sought to answer that question in four different states: Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Oregon.…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Haynes, Madsen
The increasing frequency and intensity of wildland and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires have become a significant concern in many parts of the United States and around the world. To address and manage this WUI fire risk, local fire departments around the country have begun…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES