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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Bayham, Belval
In response to this unprecedented threat, our team developed a model to examine the potential impacts of COVID-19 spread in fire camps. The model is based upon Wu et al (2020) and has been tailored to the context of fire camp (i.e., population turnover reflects ongoing…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Varner, Hiers
Fire science is an inherently applied amalgamation of disciplines which is increasingly developing exceptional disciplinary depth. There is a definitive need for managers and 2 researchers to leverage experiential and theoretical knowledge to address the complex problems facing…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith
A pair of three-day workshops were held in 2008 and 2009, designed for fire managers responsible for communicating and negotiating with state and local air quality regulators. The workshops were organized by the NWCG Smoke Committee, coordinated by the University of Idaho, and…
Year: 2009
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Reich, Broome, Cope, Fann, Johnston, Morgan, Rappold
Fire smoke is a major contributor to both particulate matter (PM) and ozone exposure in urban centers. Epidemiological, clinical, and toxicological studies have demonstrated a casual relationship between these pollutants and cardiovascular and respiratory related deaths and…
Year: 2019
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Thompson, Ager
In this proposal, we outline a methodology for the application of a novel, integrated modeling approach to analyze economic tradeoffs associated with alternative fuel management and suppression policies. The analytical process is designed to specifically target salient questions…
Year: 2017
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Williams, Jakes
This Joint Fire Science Program proposal seeks to characterize and compare different collaborative planning efforts for community protection and ecosystem restoration related to wildfire, and to determine key elements of collaborative success (Task 2 of AFP, 2003-1). There is a…
Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Crookston, Kurz, Reinhardt
Project Objectives: We request support from the JFSP to: 1. adapt FFE-FVS to support fire-related economic analysis by linking FFE-FVS to IASELECT (Wiitala 1992) and CHEAPOII (Horn and others 1986). IASELECT quantifies the optimal economic performance of a fire organization in…
Year: 2000
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Watson, Borrie, Burchfield, Wakimoto
There is currently limited understanding of the social acceptability of the various means of treatment of forest or grassland fuels. Either through the application of prescribed fire or mechanical means, the social and economic implications of fuel treatments can be decisive in…
Year: 2001
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Fujioka
Objectives: Bring together key decision makers, information providers, researchers, and managers concerned about climate implications for management of forest fire hazards and prescribed burning. Evaluate the 2000 fire season in the context of information presented at our…
Year: 2001
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hardy, Burgan, Ohlen, Saveland
To provide 'first draft' basic spatial data layers, descriptive statistics, and documentation of the components listed above to enable specific risk analyses by subject matter experts, in National fuels treatment program planning, and for RPA direction.
Year: 2002
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Rideout
This project will culminate in a user-friendly value at risk (VAR) decision support system (DSS) for fire managers and planners. By assimilating and analyzing the available literature on fire effects as they relate to VARs, such information will be catalogued into a relational…
Year: 2002
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
González-Cabán
The symposium it is organized around seven major themes: 1. Regional and global vision of the forest fire problem 2. Theory and methods for strategic fire planning 3. Nonmarket and market valuation methods for strategic fire planning 4. Forest firs and sustainable forest…
Year: 2004
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Naughton
The proposed project will quantify the effects of hazardous fuels treatments on suppression costs of subsequent wildfires. Spatial econometric models of daily fire suppression costs will be estimated to determine if and to what spatial and temporal extent hazardous fuels…
Year: 2017
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Olsen, Jolly, Toman, Wilson
Many fire weather-based tools, such as the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) and the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS), are used nationwide to support the full range of strategic (pre-fire and prescribed fire planning) and tactical (initial and extended…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Abrams, Evans, Flint, Moseley
Multiple recent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) policies and mandates identify resilient landscapes as a guiding concept for land and resource management. This emphasis on resilience comes in response to the unprecedented scope, scale, and cost of wildfire and other disturbances…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hood, Falk, Hahn, Loehman, Nie, O'Donnell
The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (hereafter: Cohesive Strategy) mandates the restoration and maintenance of landscapes, with the goal that landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances in accordance with management…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Schultz, Duffy, Fresco
Fire activity in Alaska has increased significantly over the past several decades, and the top three years in terms of area burned have occurred since 2004. Increased fire activity has occurred coincident with novel extremes in summer weather, which strongly drive interannual…
Year: 2019
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hood, Varner, van Mantgem
Forests represent a major source of carbon storage, drive numerous ecosystem processes, and have huge economic and social importance. Wildland and prescribed fires burn millions of forested acres annually, making accurate prediction of post-fire effects and the likelihood of…
Year: 2019
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar, Brown, Larkin
This project will develop and prioritize the observations needed to perform this task, bring teams of modelers and observational specialists in various disciplines on board under separate funding, and coordinate these teams to create and validate a detailed study plan, including…
Year: 2020
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Rorig, Bothwell, Drury, Wheeler
Fire weather forecasters, fire planners, and decision makers do not have easy access to information needed to verify the accuracy of, or to communicate the level of confidence in, fire weather forecasts and the fire prediction products that depend on fire weather forecasts. In…
Year: 2015
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Little, Jandt
Wildland fire is the dominant disturbance agent of the boreal forest of Alaska, which covers about 114 million ac. of the southcentral and interior regions, representing about 15% of the forested area of the U.S. Currently, about 80% of the population of Alaska resides in…
Year: 2018
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Palmer, Robertson
We propose to develop and deliver a national conference to bring together the fire management and research community to focus on fire ecology and management issues in northern coastal and interior climates. The objective of this 25th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference is to…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Bengston, Olson
This proposal explores the future of wildland fire management from a variety of innovative external perspectives. Past efforts related to fire management futures have relied heavily on expertise from within the wildfire community. This proposal takes a much broader path to…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Palmquist
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) will support the Department of Interior (DOI) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) in its goal to improve its analysis and evaluation of existing and emerging decision support systems and their associated software. The benefit to SIE support…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Third International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: Common Problems and Approaches
Wildland fire management programs and fire suppression is multi-faceted, spanning intellectual disciplines and administrative boundaries. Planning and implementing fire management programs requires knowledge and experience in fire science, ecosystem ecology, fuel dynamics,…
Year: 2008
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES