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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Nakazawa, Cain, Kenyon, Munson, Cooke
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau hosted this public workshop to promote the use of multilingual emergency alerting. The workshop included presentations related to the multilingual capabilities of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Armatas, Borrie, Watson
Despite the generally accepted need for understanding social vulnerability within the context of USDA Forest Service planning and management, there is a lack of structured approaches available to practitioners to gain such an understanding. This social vulnerability protocol…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Woźniak, Aleksansdrowicz
Mapping of regional fires would make it possible to analyse their environmental, social and economic impact, as well as to develop better fire management systems. However, automatic mapping of burnt areas has proved to be a challenging task, due to the wide diversity of…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
CMATs work closely with incident management teams, Forest Service or other land management agencies, community residents and leaders to identify mitigation opportunities before a wildfire impacts the community. CMATs work with local partners to identify and help them resolve…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Abrahamson
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Wildland fire captures the public’s attention every summer, but public understanding of fire is limited. This lack of understanding may contribute to poor support of fire management activities, particularly those…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Mendelsohn, Sohngen
Deforestation from timber harvests and farmland conversions have led to 565 GtCO2 (billion tons of carbon dioxide) being emitted into the atmosphere. Taking into account natural regeneration on forestland, Houghton (2003, 2008) and Houghton et al. (2012) estimate that…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taylor
This article develops a theoretical model to analyze the impact of policies to promote defensible space — the most prominent wildfire risk mitigation strategy on private property — on the overall level of defensible space in a community when homeowners’ investment decisions are…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rosen
More than ever, scientists are being asked to explain how their research is relevant to society and decision-making. This often requires them to navigate interactions with the media. In this webinar, journalist and scientist Dr. Julia Rosen will share expertise and insights…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
York
Presented by: Alison York, Alaska Fire Science Consortium
November 20th, 2019
Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th International Fire Ecology and…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Brunson
Presented by: Ed Brunson, Joint Fire Science Program
November 20th, 2019
Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th International Fire Ecology and…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bernknopf, Kuwayama, Gibson, Blakely, Mabee, Clifford, Quayle, Epting, Hardy, Goodrich
We use a value of information (VOI) approach to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of using satellite imagery as part of Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER), a federal program that identifies imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Christiansen
Historically, wildland fire fundamentally shaped the American landscape, and it continues to do so today in a highly modified environment. Forest, brush, and range fires were common in 'presettlement' times, and the American Indians realized the important role fire played in…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
Alaska's Fire Environment: Not an Average Place is a compilation of excerpts from the keynote presentation given by Robert "Zeke" Ziel at the Albuquerque location of the 2019 Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference.
Alaska is nearly 18% of USA landmass. Its size is often…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rossi, Kuusela
The effectiveness of annual investments in US wildfire management programs has been subject to public criticism. One source of inefficiency may arise from a fragmented budgeting process. In the United States, federal budgets for wildfire management operations are not determined…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Joshi, Poudyal, Weir, Fuhlendorf, Ochuodho
While prescribed burning is a proven tool in the management of forests and grasslands, its use has been limited due, in part, to potential risks that may result in legal liability, property damage, and personal injury. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors that…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alaska Wildland Fire Information is a web application designed to provide users with an interactive mapping interface that displays data relevant to wildland fires in Alaska. Examples of the wildland fire-specific data available from this web application include fire locations,…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Loomis, Sanchez, González-Cabán, Rideout, Reich
This paper reports the results of two hypotheses tests regarding whether fuel reduction treatments using prescribed burning and mechanical methods reduces wildfire suppression costs and property damages. To test these two hypotheses data was collected on fuel treatments, fire…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Part of the new Research Task List, this is a document of products delivered based upon the Research Task.
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Englin
Forest fires and their legacy form an inherently dynamic relationship between ecology and human uses of the forest. This paper provides an overview of the dynamic dimensions that are present in the aftermath of a fire. These include the evolution of social benefits as the…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Little, Drury, Molina, Lane
This compilation is intended to provide an illustrated overview of the current science of fuelbreaks in Alaska boreal forest, with citations and links to additional reference material for practitioners and the public. Research on fuelbreaks in the high northern latitudes is…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
These proceedings summarize the results of a symposium designed to address current issues of agencies with wildland fire protection responsibility at the federal and state levels in the United States as well as agencies in the international community. The topics discussed at the…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Plucinski
Purpose of Review: Containing and controlling wildfire incidents is one of the main functions of fire management. Understanding how this can be done effectively and efficiently informs many of the preparatory activities undertaken by fire management agencies to limit the impact…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Behrendt, Payyappalli, Zhuang
The estimated cost of fire in the United States is about $329 billion a year, yet there are gaps in the literature to measure the effectiveness of investment and to allocate resources optimally in fire protection. This article fills these gaps by creating data‐driven empirical…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ager, Houtman, Day, Ringo, Palaiologou
US public land management agencies are faced with multiple, often conflicting objectives to meet management targets and produce a wide range of ecosystem services expected from public lands. One example is managing the growing wildfire risk to human and ecological values while…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Two researchers discuss findings from studies on how wildfires affect local economies across the U.S. west, from onset to recovery and beyond.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES