Incident Overview
A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has assembled in Silver City, New Mexico to assess post fire conditions from the Silver Fire. A BAER Team rapidly assesses conditions in burned areas to determine emergency situations and recommend treatments to protect life, property, water quality, and natural and cultural resources on National Forest lands. BAER is first aidimmediate stabilization that often begins before a fire is fully contained. BAER does not seek to replace what is damaged by a fire, but rather to reduce further damage to forest lands that have had a loss of vegetation due to intensive burning.
The Silver Fire BAER Team is composed of a hydrologist, archeologist, wildlife biologist, engineers, soil scientists and recreation specialists. These resource specialists assess conditions, determine fire severity, and recommend actions to treat lands within the Silver Fire to reduce erosion and flooding effects.
BAER Team members are currently assessing and ground truthing conditions from the fire to determine areas that burned intensively. These areas may be prone to increased water runoff, erosion, and sedimentation and may require treatments to sabilize soils. Once assessments are completed, possible treatments will be recommended for funding.
Basic Information
| Incident Type | Burned Area Emergency Response |
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| Cause | Lightning |
| Date of Origin | Friday June 07th, 2013 approx. 03:00 PM |
| Incident Commander | Mike Natharius |
Current Situation
| Total Personnel | 15 |
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Outlook
| Planned Actions | BAER Team members are assessing ground conditions to determine possible treatments |
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Unit Information
Incident Contact
Phone: 407 406 4593
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