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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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MAGIS EXPRESS is structured primarily as a timber harvest-road access tool. Two GIS coverages (or shapefiles) are used: Treatment units and Roads. Forest vegetation on the treatment unit polygons is represented using a 'vegetative state and pathway' paradigm. Vegetative 'states…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
ArcIMS map services are interactive web-based maps that facilitate the display of MODIS fire detection data in conjunction with other geospatial data layers. Regional maps represent the fire extent as detected by MODIS over the last 12 hours and 24 hours. MODIS state and…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Neilson, Bachelet, Lenihan, Drapek, Balduman
MAPSS is a model that was developed to simulate the potential natural vegetation that could exist on any upland site in the world under present, past or future climate. MAPSS operates on the fundamental principle that ecosystems will tend to maximize the leaf area that can be…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Barnes, Ervin, Rorabaugh
KCFAST allows users to retrieve historical weather and fire data from the National Interagency Fire Management Integrated Database (NIFMID) hosted at the USDA National Information Technology Center (NITC).
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The I-Suite application consists of the Incident Resource Status System (IRSS), Incident Cost Accounting and Reporting, System (ICARS), Incident Time System (ITS) and the Incident Action Plan (IAP). Together, these applications are called the 'I-Suite' (IRSS, ICARS, ITS, IAP = I…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
This tool has been retired and is no longer available. Interagency Intial attack Assessment (IIAA) is a tool used to develop budget requests as part of the National Fire Management Analysis system (NFMAS) process. IIAA is used by administrative planning units to select the most…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Gray
ICBS is the automated cache inventory system designed to assist in inventory control and cost accounting for all items stocked in the National Fire Equipment System (NFES). The application is intended for use by the USDA, Forest Service and USDI, Bureau of Land Management…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The IAMS (Initial Attack Management System) application was designed for use by dispatchers and aviation managers to access aviation data and information that is currently found in a variety of text documents and map systems. The IAMS application has been designed so the user…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
IQS offers a training records management system built on the January 2000 edition of the NIIMS Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualification Guide (310-1). Being PC based, it offers flexibility in hardware system specifications and an economical operating environment. This package…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group or GeoMAC, is an internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the conterminous 48 States and Alaska. Using a standard web browser, fire personnel…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Web has become an important resource for meteorological information. Satellite imagery, forecast models, radar, and observations are available on numerous sites. A standard Web browser provides a basic forecasting capability to a meteorologist. FX-Net is a meteorological PC…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The FORBS Program is based on the National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS). It utilizes existing Personal Computer Historical Analysis (PCHA), Interagency Initial Attack Assessment (IIAA), and Arc View processes. FORBS is tied to the Suppression Analysis developed in…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar
The Fuel Characterization Classification System (FCCS) offers fire managers, air quality managers, researchers, and carbon modelers across the United States a comprehensive, nationally consistent, and durable system of fuelbed classification that captures the structural…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Tirmenstein, Reinhardt, Keane, Gangi, Mincemoyer, Lutes, Finney, Miller
First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a computer program that was developed to meet needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. Quantitative predictions of fire effects are needed for planning prescribed fires that best…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Podolsky
Fire Tower lets land managers and foresters simulate how fires spread through the land, allowing managers to conduct scenarios useful in predicting the behavior of wildfires.
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Daigle
Firestorm Pro is a wildland firefighting simulation program. You act as an Incident Commander. Use the four ground crews to cut firelines for structure protection, dispatch the two air tankers to drop retardant, slowing the fire's advance and protecting the flanks of the ground…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
FirePlan GIS from SIG uses advanced GIS technology to help identify cost-effective fire prevention solutions. Using the FARSITE fire model in conjunction with Arc View software, FirePlan can help land managers identify and prioritize areas for vegetative treatment. Not only will…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Bevins
fireLib is a C language function library for predicting the spread rate, intensity, flame length, and scorch height of free-burning surface fires. It is derived directly from the BEHAVE fire behavior algorithms for predicting fire spread in two dimensions, but is optimized for…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
FireDirect is mapping software that provides GIS capabilities for agencies fighting fires in the Wildland/Urban Interface. The software allows the users to collect structure and water source information on palm computers, view structure information and photos, create and run…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
When fighting a wildfire, it is always important to make decisions based on current and expected fire behavior. That small fire could suddenly blow up (it is a fact that small fires cause more injuries than large fires). If you have a large fire on your hands, you want to know…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Built-in support for data collection from FTS weather stations, Campbell Scientific, and all stations transmitting with GOES. Manual weather data input and powerful automated import tools for other computer-based data sources.
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Butler, Jimenez
FireStem is a computer model designed to aid fire managers in predicting tree mortality based on fire behavior and intensity. The eventual goal is to produce mortality predictions based on fuel information, moisture, and fire behavior for a specified region and a range of tree…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Statistics System (FIRESTAT) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS) application used to electronically enter, update, and delete required information on the Individual Fire Report (form FS-5100-29) as required by FSH 5109.14, the Individual Fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The purpose of the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) System is to provide managers with a common interagency process for fire management planning and budgeting to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative fire management strategies through time, to meet land management goals and…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Grissino-Mayer
FHX2 is software that helps analyze fire history using fire scars and other fire-related injuries found in the annual growth rings of trees. FHX2 provides a means for entering, archiving, storing, editing, and manipulation of fire history information from tree rings, which in…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES