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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Stephens, Ruth
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alvarez
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hernandez
From the text ... 'It's difficult to imagine that Smokey Bear celebrated his 70th Anniversary in August 2014. Most of us were introduced to Smokey Bear and fire prevention through childhood school programs and public service announcements on television and radio. As firefighters…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harbour
From the text ... 'Today, as we are faced with a multitude of problems that need resolution, both at a national scale and within our profession, each of us needs to become involved -- become active citizens of fire and leaders of our 'revolution of success.' The success will…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Waldron, Ebbeck
A quantitative approach was adopted to explore facets of mindfulness and self-compassion in relation to their ability to predict crewmembers' perceptions of their supervisors' leadership capabilities. The sample comprised 43 wildland fire crews consisting of their primary…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Paveglio, Brenkert-Smith, Hall, Smith
There is no uniform means for assessing social impact from wildland fires beyond statistics such as home loss, suppression costs and the number of residents evacuated. In this paper we argue for and provide a more comprehensive set of considerations for gauging social impact…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Christianson
This article reviews social science research on Indigenous wildfire management in Australia, Canada and the United States after the year 2000 and explores future research needs in the field. In these three countries, social science research exploring contemporary Indigenous…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lowell, Parrent, Deering, Bihn, Becker
The Community Biomass Handbook. Volume 2: Alaska, Where Woody Biomass Can Work, is a companion volume to the Community Biomass Handbook. Volume 1: Thermal Wood Energy, published in April 2014 (Becker et al. 2014). Why an Alaska volume? The original handbook contains information…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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
Suffling, Munoz-Marquez, Perera, Zhao
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Amacher, Malik, Haight
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Maguire, Albright
Organizations managing forest land often make fire management decisions that seem overly risk-averse in relation to their stated goals for ecosystem restoration, protection of sensitive species and habitats, and protection of water and timber resources. Research in behavioral…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stephens, Ruth
Forest-fire policy of U.S. federal agencies has evolved from the use of small patrols in newly created National Parks to diverse policy initiatives and institutional arrangements that affect millions of hectares of forests. Even with large expenditures and substantial…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stephens
Nationally, the causes and extent of fire on lands administrated by the United States Forest Service varied significantly from 1940 to 2000, with California experiencing the largest relative annual burned areas. The south-east and California experienced the largest relative area…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Weber
Gifford Pinchot wanted to be a forester. He was smart, hardworking, and wealthy. He could have studied law, medicine, or banking, but he chose forestry. It was an odd choice, since there were no U.S. foresters at that time. In the 1870's and 1880's, it was thought that American…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Science at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has always been large in scale. The depth and breadth of the research conducted here, however, may surprise even many who are engaged in it. Our research programs have a wide geographical and temporal scope, an…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taylor, Gillette
Communications during fire events are complex. Nevertheless, training fire information officers to plan fire communications before events, and to communicate during fires in a way that accurately and promptly informs residents in fire-affected areas, can increase effectiveness,…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright
Using fire and fuels management as an example, this two pronged webinar will cover current best practices for science delivery and report the results of a study designed to improve future science delivery by understanding potential science users. A survey of 500 fire managers…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Drummond, Peterson
Join Firewise as we hear from Firewise leaders about how to host successful Firewise Community Days. You’ll learn why Firewise requires and collects this information, how to tell your community’s story, and the value in sharing this achievement. Courtney Peterson, Wildfire…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Smith
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
What do scientists need to know about getting their science used? Show how it meets your audience’s needs. Make it appealing to your audience. Make it easy to find. Three examples from my career demonstrate these…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Diaz
As fire management agencies seek to implement more flexible fire management strategies, local understanding and support for these strategies become increasingly important. One issue associated with implementing more flexible fire management strategies is educating local…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bowker, Lim, Cordell, Green, Rideout-Hanzak, Johnson, Betz
This study focuses on the broad topic of public values, attitudes, and behaviors toward wildfire. More specifically, this study is intended to contribute to development of a comprehensive understanding of public values, attitudes and behaviors and to understanding public…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kline, Ager, Fischer
The need for improved methods for managing wildfire risk is becoming apparent as uncharacteristically large wildfires in the western US and elsewhere exceed government capacities for their control and suppression. We propose a coupled biophysical-social framework to managing…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Abt, Butry, Prestemon, Scranton
Humans cause more than 55% of wildfires on lands managed by the USDA Forest Service and US Department of the Interior, contributing to both suppression expenditures and damages. One means to reduce the expenditures and damages associated with these wildfires is through fire…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
[from the text] The Quadrennial Fire Review (QFR) is a strategic assessment process conducted every four years to evaluate current wildland fire management community strategies and capabilities against best estimates of the future environment. This report is the third iteration…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES