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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gilmour
Presentation on the background of the proposed research plan recently funded by a JFSP grant. His research is focused on determining the role of composition and particle size on the toxicity of wildfire emissions. Dr. Gilmour presented a state of the art system designed to…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Domitrovich
Presenting research showing that firefighters experience great variability in exposures to smoke depending on the type and duration of tasks performed and atmospheric conditions. The greatest exposures were associated with direct attack, line holding, and burnout activities.…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cascio
An overview of the occupational, clinical and epidemiologic evidence of smoke related health effects. The presentation illustrates common biological pathways to adverse health outcomes possibly shared between smoke and other sources of air pollution and identified the areas of…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cuddy, Sol, Hailes, Ruby
Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to characterize the effects of self-selected work activity on energy expenditure, water turnover, and thermal strain during wildland fire suppression. A secondary aim was to contrast current data with data collected 15 years ago…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lahm
Narrated presentation describing the Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program and its capabilities.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ferguson
Air pollution is an environmental health concern throughout the world, and is responsible for an estimated 1 out of 8 deaths. As a common component of air pollution, particulate matter (PM) is one of six criteria air pollutants regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
West
In the profession of wildland firefighting there has been a rise in the occurrence and awareness of exertional rhabdomyolysis, a serious medical condition. Exercise, particularly when strenuous and unaccustomed, causes damage and subsequent muscle fiber breakdown, known as…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The information in this report comes from wildland fire incidents-from various agencies-submitted to and gathered by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) in 2015. The primary source of data is accident reports (FLA, RLS, SAI, etc.). Most of these reports have been…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dennison, Fryer, Campbell, Cova, Butler
Safety zones are designated areas that reduce firefighter heat exposure to tolerable levels by providing separation between personnel and fuels. Along with Lookouts, Communications, and Escape routes, Safety zones are a component of the 'LCES' procedures for reducing risk of…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Bosomworth, Handmer, Thornton
Global social-economic and environmental changes are increasing the challenges of wildfire risk management. Addressing these challenges requires perspectives beyond knowledge of the bio-physical dynamics of fire. This Special Section provides some such perspectives, including…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Butler
Bret Butler, of the Fire Lab in Missoula, addresses the problem stated in the IRPG, of how to calculate the increase in Safety Zone sizes when considering slope and wind. Currently, there is a beta version Safety Zone Calculator android app available for testing and feedback.
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