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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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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
Learn about how fuels are an integral piece of the fire environment triangle and the basic properties of fuels. This video is part of the World of Wildland Fire video series.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Learn how the four phases of combustion contribute to the burning of wildland fire fuels.This video discusses preignition, ignition, combustion, and extinction and how these phases relate to fire behavior and fire spread. This video is part of the World of Wildland Fire video…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Learn the basics of combustion through the fire triangle and the three methods of heat transfer. This video is part of the World of Wildland Fire video series.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
What is live fuel moisture, what are the factors that influence it, why it is important for fire management. In this video you will learn: 1) What is live fuel moisture and how is it measured? 2) How do seasonal changes and plant types affect live fuel moisture? 3) How do other…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Guyette
A presentation recorded at the Restoring the West Conference 2015: Restoration and Fire in the Interior West.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Miller
Discussion of the Nenana Ridge Fire presented at the 2015 Fall Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rideout, Kernohan
STARFire, a fire planning and budgeting system, is used to support budget management for individual or national programs. It combines fire affected values, burn potential, and management costs to generate risk assessments, fuel treatment optimization, smoke analysis, and a…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Describes the mission and methods of the US Forest Service's Air Resource Management Program. A six-part series that is also available in a single video.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Barnes, Saperstein, Ziel
Jennifer Barnes, Lisa Saperstein, and Robert Ziel provide a quick refresher on WFDSS Fire Behavior Models, updates on fuel models for Alaska, and provide information on where to sign up to help with fire behavior modeling this summer. Near Term Fire Behavior (NTFB) Refresher -…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Miller
Eric Miller, BLM-AFS Fire Ecologist, spoke at the April Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks about finding the right grass fuel model for prescribed burning in Alaska. He has been collecting data and samples from prescribed burning on military training ranges in Alaska (where the…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hoagland, Lake
The webinar describes traditional ecological knowledge and invaluable contributions of Native wisdom to ecological restoration. Specific case studies are presented where traditional ecological knowledge is incorporated into wildlife management plans and fire and fuel management.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keane
Wildland fuels may be the most important consideration in fire management, not just because they are important inputs for predicting fire behavior (i.e., how fast and intense a fire gets), but also because fuels are the only factor that can effectively be controlled by direct…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Busse
In this webinar presented by Matt Busse on March 31, 2015 he covers: (1) ecological consequences of prescribed fire on soil heating, water repellency, and soil nutrient release, (2) pile burning, (3) whole tree harvesting and nutrient removal, and (4) the evils of soil…
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
Jandt
Randi Jandt talked about the evolution of Alaska firefighting practices (field and management)over the past 50 years. We are starting to be aware of the changes in climate and in Alaska forests: is the wildfire "problem" the same one we faced a half-century ago? Have our…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
Robert "Zeke" Ziel, a long-term analyst and fire behavior specialist for the State of Alaska, Zeke gives an overview of the past and current tools used in Alaska (and elsewhere) for Landscape Risk Assessment and exposure to wildfire. Modeling is more art than science in that the…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Barnes
Devon Barnes, from the University of Alberta, spent the field season of 2013 in Alaska conducting sprinkler watering treatments in spruce forest to understand the optimum duration and effectiveness of treatments. He is finishing writing up the results for a M.S. Degree and…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES