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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Aplet, Wilmer
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Le Goff, Leduc, Bergeron, Flannigan
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keller
From the text ... 'The use of wildland fire incident management teams for nonfire emergency management is rapidly spreading.'
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Munson, Fisher
From the text ... 'A transfer of command should not be confused with a transition in fire behavior or in situational complexity on a fire. ...Recognizing potentially deadly changes in fire behavior should begin on the first day of fire season.'
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tymstra, MacGregor, Mayer
From the text ... 'Driven by strong southeast winds and low relative humidity, the House River Fire was a classic spring boreal fire. ...The House River Fire renewed emphasis on fire prevention, education, and community relations.'
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Potter
Combustion of woody material produces and releases water, but the effects of this water on the atmospheric circulation created by a wildfire are rarely recognized, let alone understood. This paper presents observational data and basic physical arguments to support the hypothesis…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Roads, Fujioka, Chen, Burgan
The Scripps Experimental Climate Prediction Center has been making experimental, near-real-time, weekly to seasonal fire danger forecasts for the past 5 years. US fire danger forecasts and validations are based on standard indices from the National Fire Danger Rating System (…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Ferguson, Flannigan
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jakes
In 15 communities across the U.S., the authors found seven keys to community wildland fire preparedness: (1) know your place, (2) draw on local knowledge and skills, (3) build on and build social capital, (4) develop agency and community partnerships, (5) communicate effectively…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alvarez
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reitz, Standish, Blackwell, Duda, Lightfoot, Ray, Shumante, Peacock, Disert, Geissler, Leraas-Cook
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fettig
The Healthy Forest Restoration Act (H. R. 1904) allows for increases in hazardous fuel reduction activities throughout much of the western USA. Our laboratory is currently conducting several studies to determine the short and long‐term implications to forest health of prescribed…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Li, Barclay
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Li, Barclay, Lui, Campbell, Carlson
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Shindler, Gordon
Fire and fuel management has become an increasingly prominent-and often controversial-issue on federal, state, and private lands across the United States. This is especially true at the wildland-urban interface where private property joins public lands. Resource professionals…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
It is well understood that the incidence and behavior of forest fire depends mainly on short-term weather influences of no more than several days duration. And yet, all through the history of fire danger rating in the United States and Canada, runs a persistent interest in the…
Year: 2005
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cheyette
I inventoried the forests of the Anchorage wildland-urban interface and created a hierarchical classification of twenty forest types differentiated according to tree species, tree and basal area densities and degree of spruce bark beetle mortality. The inventory included the…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Busque, Arseneault
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dymond, Field, Roswintiarti, Guswanto
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Calef, McGuire, Chapin, DeWilde
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Amacher, Malik, Haight
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mauro-Roeser
From the text ... 'The Defensible Space Project was designed to thin and remove hazardous fuels near residences, giving firefighters more room to stop a blaze and protect the community. ...Eligibility was based on a property's tree densities, its slopes, and its location…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Frederick, Benefield
Authors' note: The following scenario is a fictitious account of what the revolution in information technology might mean for wildland fire suppression in the not-too-distant future. The story is based partly on reality, partly on our imagination. Ten years ago, it would have…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text ... 'At a time when wildfire potential has never been greater, social expectations for protection have never been higher and political tolerance for failure has never been lower. ...We are at a crossroads: We must look beyond our fire policies if we hope to protect…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS