Apple Post-Fire BAER

 Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris Flow Hazards      The Forest Service (USFS) Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) assessment team coordinated early with US Geological Survey (USGS)...

 PREPARING FOR RAINSTORMS  While many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires cause damage that requires special efforts to...

   APPLE FIRE SOIL BURN SEVERITY MAP RELEASED SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.— Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and verification field work of...

FOREST SERVICE BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (BAER) LIMITATIONS While many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires result in...

  KEY ELEMENTS OF A BAER ASSESSMENT                                 Forest Service BAER assessment teams are established by Forest Supervisors before wildfires are fully...

   FOREST SERVICE BAER TEAM BEGINS APPLE FIRE POST-FIRE ASSESSMENT   A Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team was established by the San Bernardino National Forest to...

FOREST SERVICE BAER PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and...

   THREE PHASES OF WILDFIRE RECOVERY   There are three phases of recovery following wildfires on federal lands: -       Fire Suppression Repair -       Emergency...