A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team is being established to begin a burned area assessment of the Grapevine wildfire on the Verde Ranger District. Preliminary evaluation has found no immediate or downstream values at risk, including the community of Whitehorse. Preliminary evaluation also found no immediate or downstream values at risk associated with the 405-acre Racetrack wildfire. Both wildfires burned within natural fire behavior for vegetation types and timing.
BAER assessments are rapid evaluations of...