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BAER INFORMATION VIDEO: Borel Post-Fire BAER Team Releases “What Is Baer” Video

The Forest Service—Sequoia National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Interagency BAER team is completing its Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) post-fire assessments of the Borel burned area and affected watersheds to determine their response, soil conditions, potential threats, and recommended BAER emergency stabilization measures and actions on National Forest System (NFS) and BLM lands. 

BAER emergency treatments and activities are designed to decreased possible impacts to critical values from the burned areas during rainstorm events such as: life and safety, property, critical natural resources, and cultural resources.

The Borel BAER team along with the Borel Fire Incident Management Team PIO staff recently produced a video called “What is BAER?”. The video is posted to the Sequoia National Forest Facebook page: https://fb.watch/u8NdrgiAG9/, and is also available to view online on Vimeo at: What is the BAER TEAM? on Vimeo. The video is also available on this Borel Post-Fire BAER InciWeb page under the Videos tab.

BAER SAFETY MESSAGE: Everyone near and downstream from the burned areas should remain alert and stay updated on weather conditions that may result in heavy rains and increased water runoff. Flash flooding may occur quickly during heavy rain events--be prepared to act. Current weather and emergency notifications can be found at the National Weather Service website: www.weather.gov/hnx/.

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