Preparing for Rainstorms
Released: 8/19/2020
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
Released: 8/18/2020
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...
KEY ELEMENTS OF A BAER ASSESSMENT
Released: 8/13/2020
KEY ELEMENTS OF A BAER ASSESSMENT Forest Service BAER assessment teams are established by Forest Supervisors before wildfires are fully...
BAER Team Begins Apple Fire Post-Fire Assessment
Released: 8/12/2020
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
Released: 8/11/2020
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
Released: 8/9/2020
THREE PHASES OF WILDFIRE RECOVERY There are three phases of recovery following wildfires on federal lands: - Fire Suppression Repair - Emergency...