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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gaughan, Piacitelli, Chen, Law, Virji, Edwards, Enright, Schwegler-Berry, Leonard, Wagner, Kobzik, Kales, Hughes, Christiani, Siegel, Cox-Ganser, Hoover
Respiratory problems are common among wildland firefighters. However, there are few studies directly linking occupational exposures to respiratory effects in this population. Our objective was to characterize wildland fire fighting occupational exposures and assess their…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
From the text ... 'The key to successfully avoiding accidents is the development of equal parts confidence and caution.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barnett
From the text ... 'Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest service to forest resource experts provide…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sell, Livingston
The purpose of this study was to generate a physical fitness profile of an interagency hotshot crew mid-way through the wildland fire season. Twenty interagency hotshot crew firefighters completed measures of body composition, aerobic fitness, hamstring flexibility, muscular…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Keller
From the text ... 'In two recent incidents that occurred with different fire agencies in separate parts of the country, fire vehicles that were parked in the black and left unattended caught fire. At the time of ignitions, the focus was elsewhere: both crews were engaged in…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butry, Prestemon, Thomas
The number of smoking-caused wildfires has been falling nationwide. In national forests in 2011, smoking-caused wildfires represented only 10% of their 1980 level. No other cause of wildfire has experienced this level of decline. For 12 states, we evaluate the rate of smoking-…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler
Current wildland firefighter safety zone guidelines are based on studies that assume flat terrain, radiant heating, finite flame width, constant flame temperature and high flame emissivity. Firefighter entrapments and injuries occur across a broad range of vegetation, terrain…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
From the text ... 'Fire historically has played a fundamental ecological role in many of America's wildland areas. However, the increasing number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Henderson, Johnston
Exposure to forest fire smoke is episodic, which makes its health effects challenging to study. We review the newest contributions to a growing literature on acute respiratory outcomes.
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews
The BehavePlus Fire Modeling System is among the most widely used systems for wildland fire prediction. It is designed for use in a range of tasks including wildfire behaviour prediction, prescribed fire planning, fire investigation, fuel hazard assessment, fire model…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Maclean
A writer's reflection on the stories of fatal fire - and why we must remember.
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Randall, Harr
Prescribed fire is one of a suite of tools used to manage landscapes to achieve specific management goals. Safety in using prescribed fire is of utmost importance. To conduct a safe and effective prescribed fire requires not only a burn plan and clear lines of communication, but…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Keller
Chances are good that, if you're reading this, you've had experience operating and parking vehicles in 'the black.' Likewise, you're probably well aware that 'the black' refers to the combustible material or vegetation that has gone through ignition, burning, and smoldering…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Mutch, Davis, Bucks
The "Wildland Fires" chapter incorporates the latest information on developments in the field based on research findings and real-world events (e.g., statistics on recent wildland firefighter fatality trends, implications of the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria, Australia).
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
The chapter 'Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival' (Alexander et al. 2012) in the 2012 edition of the book Wilderness Medicine includes the latest information, a new author, and additional photos. The sixth edition of the book, under the editorial leadership of Paul S. Auerbach…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wibbenmeyer, Hand, Calkin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS) has, in recent years, increasingly emphasized the importance of safety to its employees, but wildfire management remains a risky endeavor. While wildfire management decisions affecting safety and exposure of firefighters…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jakes, McCaffrey
Wildland fires burn millions of acres annually, damaging human and animal communities, endangering the lives of firefighters, and costing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and suppression expenses. However, wildland fires are also important to maintaining and restoring…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
[from the text] For years, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has been creating fuelbreaks by managing vegetation along its boundaries. Planning by the Refuge, the State, and private landowners led to construction of fuelbreaks designed to protect homes from the next wildfire,…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jahn
This mixed methods dissertation examined the communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting. I used a two-study mixed methods approach, examining the communicative accomplishment of safety from two perspectives: high reliability organizing (Weick, Sutcliffe,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Youssouf, Liousse, Roblou, Assamoi, Salonen, Maesano, Banerjee, Annesi-Maesano
Wildfires take a heavy toll on human health worldwide. Climate change may increase the risk of wildfire frequency. Therefore, in view of adapted preventive actions, there is an urgent need to further understand the health effects and public awareness of wildfires. We conducted a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler, Hardy
The term safety zone was first introduced into the official literature in 1957 in the aftermath of the Inaja fire that killed 11 firefighters. Since then identification of safety zones has been an integral task for all wildland firefighters. The work that resulted in the current…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest Service to forest resource experts provide input and oversight…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cantrell
The challenges of shrinking budgets, lack of travel funds, and the ever-pressing need to train wildland firefighters has led to calls by instructors, training officers, and geographic area training representatives for new ways to safely conduct training. With the development of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Barnett
Accident avoidance, or 'premitigation,' starts with the individual. From their first exposure to operations, firefighters possess a level of reliance on procedure and a sense of self-preservation that assist in maintaining an accident-free environment. These motivators persist…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
"Prescribed Fire Escapes: Are We Learning Anything?" this issue's cover story, explores whether or not we're actually learning from our escapes-and how we can help to ensure that we are. Also in this issue: two burn bosses share their key lessons and hard-earned insights; plus…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES