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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Schultz, Miller, Greiner, Kooistra
To support improved wildfire incident decision-making, in 2017 the US Forest Service (Forest Service) implemented risk-informed tools and processes, together known as Risk Management Assistance (RMA). The Forest Service is developing tools such as RMA to improve wildfire…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larsen, Hanigan, Reich, Qin, Cope, Morgan, Rappold
Background
Wildland fire (wildfire; bushfire) pollution contributes to poor air quality, a risk factor for premature death. The frequency and intensity of wildfires are expected to increase; improved tools for estimating exposure to fire smoke are vital. New-generation satellite…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Steblein, Loehman, Miller, Holomuzki, Soileau, Brooks, Drane-Maury, Hamilton, Kean, Keeley, Mason, McKerrow, Meldrum, Molder, Murphy, Peterson, Plumlee, Shinneman, van Mantgem, York
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Wildland Fire Science Strategic Plan defines critical, core fire science capabilities for understanding fire-related and fire-responsive earth system processes and patterns, and informing management decision making. Developed by USGS fire…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hassan, Mahmoud
The current COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare systems worldwide. When combined with natural disasters, pandemics can further strain an already exhausted healthcare system. To date, frameworks for quantifying the collective effect of the two…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This video outlines a step-by-step process of when and how to gather information about your situation before, enroute to, and during a wildland fire incident.
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Fagen, Weir, Payne
Landowners across the country are constantly looking for ways to innovate and become more efficient in their everyday practices. Land managers who choose to practice prescribed fire are no different. Landowners know adequate equipment and personnel are needed to conduct each…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Davison, Barkjohn, Hagler, Holder, Coefield, Noonan, Hassett-Sipple
Effective strategies to reduce indoor air pollutant concentrations during wildfire smoke events are critically needed. Worldwide, communities in areas prone to wildfires may suffer from annual smoke exposure events lasting from days to weeks. In addition, there are many areas of…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Keane, Schultz, Thompson
FOREST SERVICE FIRE MANAGEMENT AND THE ELUSIVENESS OF CHANGE
In this episode of the Association for Fire Ecology's Fire Ecology Chats Podcast Series, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane talks with Courtney Schultz (Colorado State University) and Matthew Thompson (US Forest Service)…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Vigna, Besana, Comino, Pezzoli
Although increasing concern about climate change has raised awareness of the fundamental role of forest ecosystems, forests are threatened by human-induced impacts worldwide. Among them, wildfire risk is clearly the result of the interaction between human activities, ecological…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schmidt, Grabinski
The 2019 McKinley wildfire burned north of Wasilla during the driest summer on record. Lessons learned from the McKinley wildfire are shared in this infographic with the goal of helping other Alaskans better prepare for future wildfire.
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Strahan, Gilbert
Delaying protective action decision making in wildfire is inconsistent with fire authorities’ advice and is associated with fatalities. A comprehensive understanding of why at-risk residents wait and see whether they will evacuate from a wildfire or remain to shelter or defend…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rager, Clark, Eaves, Avula, Niehoff, Kim, Jaspers, Gilmour
Exposure to wildfire smoke continues to be a growing threat to public health, yet the chemical components in wildfire smoke that primarily drive toxicity and associated disease are largely unknown. This study utilized a suite of computational approaches to identify groups of…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wahlqvist, Ronchi, Gwynne, Kinateder, Rein, Mitchell, Bénichou, Ma, Kimball, Kuligowski
Wildfires are a significant safety risk to populations adjacent to wildland areas, known as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This paper introduces a modelling platform called WUI-NITY. The platform is built on the Unity3D game engine and simulates and visualises human…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bhatt, Lader, Walsh, Bieniek, Thoman, Berman, Borries-Strigle, Bulock, Chriest, Hahn, Hendricks, Jandt, Little, McEvoy, Moore, Rupp, Schmidt, Stevens, Strader, Waigl, White, York, Ziel
The late-season extreme fire activity in Southcentral Alaska during 2019 was highly unusual and consequential. Firefighting operations had to be extended by a month in 2019 due to the extreme conditions of hot summer temperature and prolonged drought. The ongoing fires created…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cullen, Axe, Podschwit
National and regional preparedness level (PL) designations support decisions about wildfire risk management. Such decisions occur across the fire season and influence pre-positioning of resources in areas of greatest fire potential, recall of personnel from off-duty status,…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Greiner, Schultz, Kooistra
US fire scientists are developing Potential Wildfire Operational Delineations, also known as ‘PODs’, as a pre-fire season planning tool to promote safe and effective wildland fire response, strengthen risk management approaches in fire management and better align fire management…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chen, Samet, Bromberg, Tong
In recent years, wildland fires have occurred more frequently and with increased intensity in many fire-prone areas. In addition to the direct life and economic losses attributable to wildfires, the emitted smoke is a major contributor to ambient air pollution, leading to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Navarro, Clark, Hardt, Reid, Lahm, Domitrovich, Butler, Balmes
Throughout the United States, wildland firefighters respond to wildfires, performing arduous work in remote locations. Wildfire incidents can be an ideal environment for the transmission of infectious diseases, particularly for wildland firefighters who congregate in work and…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kuligowski
As wildfires that threaten communities become more severe, there is an increasing need to understand human behavior in these situations, and evacuation decision-making and behavior in particular. A number of deaths have occurred in previous fires during the evacuation process.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Burri, Emelko, Rhoades
What does current science and experience tell us about the near and long-term impacts of fire on water quality and how to recover?
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Podschwit, Cullen
The simultaneous occurrence of wildfire can hinder firefighting effectiveness via multiple mechanisms that might explain historical resource demand trends. We validate this hypothesis by using data from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project to determine if…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Urbanski, Lutes
In this short webinar, RMRS Research Physical Scientist Shawn Urbanski and Fire Ecologist Duncan Lutes will discuss the current state of the science on wildland fire smoke emissions, including pollutants present in smoke, methods for quantifying emission flux, existing datasets…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Navarro, Mutch
Wildland firefighters are exposed to health hazards including inhaling hazardous pollutants from the combustion of live and dead vegetation (smoke) and breathe soil dust, while working long shifts with no respiratory protection. This research brief summarizes a study analyzing…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Leverkus, Buma, Wagenbrenner, Burton, Lingua, Marzano, Thorn
After natural forest disturbances such as wildfires, windstorms and insect outbreaks, salvage logging is commonly applied to reduce economic losses and mitigate subsequent disturbance risk. However, this practice is controversial due to its potential ecological impacts, and its…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Martin
It is crucial for wildland fire professionals today to be technically competent in their jobs. What is less obvious and less understood is the cognitive competency needed for our professional job performance. Join the IAWF for this event to better understand our own thoughts…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES