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Double Creek BAER

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Unit Information

1550 Dewey Ave, Suite A 
Baker City, 
Oregon 
97814 
1550 Dewey Ave, Suite A 
Baker City, 
Oregon 
97814 

Incident Contacts

  • Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
    Phone:
    541-523-6391
    Hours:
    M-F, 8am-4pm

News

The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency measures to protect human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources. BAER is an emergency program for stabilization work that involves time-critical activities to be completed before the first damaging event to meet program objectives:BAER Objectives:
JOSEPH, Ore. (October 5, 2022) – A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has arrived inJoseph, Oregon, to begin their assessment of the Double Creek, Nebo, Sturgill, Jones and Goat MountainFires.