
August 18-US Forest Service (USFS) Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team arrived 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 on the Kaibab National Forest portion of the Dragon Bravo Fire. Coordination began with the US Department of Interior BAER team and Great Basin CIMT Team 7. Representation for USFS BAER at Great Basin CIMT team 7 public meeting. Additional soil scientist and hydrologists arrive to incident.
August 19-US Forest Service BAER hydrologist and soil scientist began field work to validate the soil burn severity from the Burned Area Classification (BARC) satellite image.
August 20 BAER team kickoff meeting-soil and water specialist continue validating soil burn severity. Hydrologist and soil scientist setting up data for modeling. Engineer, archaeologists, tribal liaison, wildlife biologist, botanist, recreation specialists begin identifying BAER critical values and begin field review of respective resources.
August 21-All resource specialists will be in the field today assessing fire impacts to their respective resources.
August 22-USFS and DOI scientists meeting to finalize soil burn severity map. Resource specialists will be in the field today assessing fire impacts to their respective resources.