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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Applied Wildland Fire Research in Support of Project Level Hazardous Fuels Planning - Social Science
The Social Science Team is synthesizing research that answers five key questions that might be helpful when planning or implementing fuels treatment projects: 1) what information and tools are available to help land managers and communities collaborate in the development of fuel…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Peterson
The goal of the Forest Structure and Fire Hazard team is to increase and improve the understanding of available research which can aid in making informed, defensible decisions on managing forest structure and disclosing the treatment effects on fire hazard and potential fire…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
During 2002, fuel loadings were measured at 150 plots in three major fuel types across Anchorage's wildland-urban interface. A suite of Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) fire behavior variables was sampled to parameterize custom fuel models for use in the FARSITE fire behavior…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Brenner, Masters
In order to keep our focus and avoid unnecessary mission creep that could ultimately prevent us from achieving our objectives, we plan to invite specific personnel and agencies to this work shop. Our plan is to place three focal points at the workshop to represent the…
Year: 2003
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
A recent spruce bark beetle outbreak killed a large number of spruce trees in the Anchorage wildland-urban interface. Wildland fire managers believe the city is exposed to a significant wildfire risk due to the large number of people that live in the Anchorage bowl and the large…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Bannock
The Mission of the Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program is to help protect the lives and property of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough by identifying and mitigating wildfire and other hazards related to spruce bark beetle-killed spruce, and to replant forests…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Haskell
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) was created by Congress in 1998 as an interagency research, development, and applications partnership between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Funding priorities and policies are set by the JFSP…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Hansen
This project address two questions: 1) Has the 1990's Spruce Bark Beetle outbreak altered the probability of fire occurrence between 2001 and 2010? 2) Has the outbreak and wildfire affected property values in the wildland urban interface?
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Finney
Climate change is to blame for many destructive natural phenomena. But Mark Finney, a research forester with the US Forest Service, says that climate change isn't the cause for a seeming increase of fires around the western United States. Finney says that weather, even a dry…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Valachovic
During this Webinar, Yana Valachovic will discuss the types, placement, and maintenance of landscape plants to reduce risk of home ignition. She will also discuss various elements of home design that mitigates home loss during a wildfire.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
This one-hour video includes a presentation from Dr. Stephen Quarles along with a live 'Ask an Expert' segment where pre-selected homeowners have an opportunity to ask a question related to the session's topic. This unique learning format provides wildland/urban interface…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Skowronski
Webinar presented by Nick Skowronski on November 18, 2014. Canopy bulk density (CBD) is an important component of wildland fire behavior. CBD remains very difficult to quantify at even the plot level. Estimation at the stand, landscape, and beyond is even more problematic, but…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
This one-hour video includes a presentation from Dr. Stephen Quarles along with a live 'Ask an Expert' segment where pre-selected homeowners have an opportunity to ask a question related to the session's topic. This unique learning format provides wildland/urban interface…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
On May 19th 2014 the Funny River fire started on the western side of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Over the next five days the fire grew to nearly 200,000 acres, burning four structures and two outbuildings. There were also thousands of homes in the direct path of the fire.…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Heilman
Smoke generated from low-intensity prescribed fires used for fuels management can have an adverse impact on local air quality, raising human health and safety concerns especially in wildland-urban-interface areas. Local smoke behavior is a complex process and is highly dependent…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Mowery
This webinar discusses tangible and innovative methods in which national Fire Adapted Communities (FAC's) are moving forward. Over the last few years, many have been introduced to the term Fire Adapted Communities through national policy and programs. Many communities have…
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Manzello
Wind-driven firebrand showers are a major cause of structural ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. To address this problem, a new firebrand research area targeted on quantifying structure vulnerabilities to wind-driven firebrand showers has been developed. This type…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cohen
This 25-minute video features Fire Scientist Jack Cohen showing examples of homes that were unprotected during a wildfire; homes using Home Protection Guidelines (see below); and examples where home protection guidelines can be put to use.
Year: 2001
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Mell
This webinar gives an overview of the current state, limitations, and future developments in wildland and wildland-urban interface fire behavior models.
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Schaefers, Tremblatt
Julie Schaefers, Social Scientist, and Carrie Tremblatt, US Forest Service, Region 2, discuss the social science components of prescribed fire and other management activities at the Hayman Fire Science Symposium: Lessons Learned after Ten Years of Recovery, Rehabilitation, and…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rice
Carol Rice, coauthor of the book 'Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface,' discusses appropriate land use policy, community layout, infrastructure, building requirements, and vegetation management in the WUI. This webinar is targeted for local planners, resource managers…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
Home survival in wildfire prone areas depends on a combination of adequate vegetation management in the area surrounding your home (i.e., your 'defensible space') and choices regarding building materials and design decisions for the home or building. Steve Quarles has been…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jakes
Community wildfire protection plans have been described as 'one of the most successful tools' for addressing wildland fire management in the WUI. Jakes will share findings from two recently completed studies of CWPPs, one identifying best management practices for developing a…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey
As more people live in high fire hazard areas, the active involvement of the public will be central to many efforts to minimize fire risk and improve forest health. One barrier to effectively engaging the public may be that many of the accepted descriptions related to the public…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey
The active involvement and support of the public will be central to efforts to restore resilience and foster fire adapted landscapes. One barrier to effectively engaging the public may be that many of the accepted descriptions related to the public and wildfire are based…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES