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Coconino National Forest
1824 S. Thompson St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

928-527-3600

Brins Fire - June 2006

Photo update as of May 2008 showing the reestablishment of vegetation in the Brins Fire area. These photos relay how things are really filling back in up there (plenty of gambel oaks, mountain brome, , intermediate wheatgrass, squirreltail, penstemon, globe mallow, larkspur, and american vetch just to name a small sample).

BAER Team for the Brins Fire has new website:

Brins Fire Burned Area Emergency Response

June 30, 2006, Sedona, AZ – Coconino National Forest officials along with the Brins Fire Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team met with local cooperating agencies and partners Thursday June 29, to discuss potential emergency response needs for Brins Fire area. “We expect to request emergency funding to put into action responses needed to reduce potential damage given from seasonal monsoon rains,” says Larry Lesko, Acting District Ranger for the Red Rock Ranger District. “Many issues arise in the aftermath of a fire, first and foremost, our focus is on public safety and what emergency needs are at hand. To ensure public safety and essential resource protection, the burned area will remain closed in the immediate future even if the forest is open”.

According to Greg Kuyumjian, Hydrologist and BAER team leader, “The message is, within the 4200 acre fire perimeter, not all the forest has been burned. Approximately 50 percent of the area is composed of steep rugged rocky out-crops and 50 percent vegetation resulting in a mosaic pattern of burned and unburned vegetation”. In the meeting, Kuyumjian further explains, “Once initiated, the BAER process happens very quickly and is usually put into action within two to three weeks. Here in the southwest, speed is required to get emergency stabilization and flood control measures in place before the onset of monsoonal thunderstorms. Ultimately, the key goals of an emergency response plan are to protect life, property, water quality and the affected ecosystem in and around the Brins Fire.”

The BAER team consists primarily of local resource specialists including a soil scientist, hydrologist, archaeologist, wildlife biologist, wilderness specialist, Geographical Information System (GIS) specialist, landscape architect and a geologist. Currently, the team is gathering field data of fire severity, and vegetation condition to help determine the “values at risk”. The BAER implementation plan will provide the Red Rock Ranger District managers direction and guidance in carrying out immediate emergency stabilization and necessary long term rehabilitation of the area.

Friends of the Forest, a non-profit group, offer their support and invite the public to join their organization. “The Friends look forward to assisting the Red Rock District in the important project of rehabilitating the forest land burned in the Brins Fire,” says Chuck Jenkins, President. Volunteers wishing to take part in the Brins Fire rehabilitation work can contact the Friends of the Forest. The Friends of the Forest are accepting financial donations at P.O. Box 2391, Sedona, AZ, 86339-2391.

Websites:

www.inciweb.org

www.az211.gov

www.coconino.az.gov

Northern Arizona Type 2 Incident Management Team

Specific information for the Brins Fire can be found at [Click Here]

What happens after the fire....about Burned Area Emergency Response

The BAER Team: Responding to Post-Fire Threats (.pdf file)

Previous Updates:

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/29/06 8:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/28/06 8:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/27/06 8:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/27/06 8:00 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/26/06 7:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/26/06 7:30 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/25/06 8:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/25/06 8:30 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/24/06 7:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/24/06 8:00 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/23/06 7:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/23/06 7:30 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/22/06 7:30 p.m..

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/22/06 7:30 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/21/06 6:00 p.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/21/06 9:00 a.m.

Broyle's Type 1 Incident Mgt Team Update 6/20/06 6:00 p.m.

Northern Arizona Incident Mgt Team Update 6/20/06 7:30 a.m.

Northern Arizona Incident Mgt Team Update 6/19/06 7:00 p.m.


There are no fire restrictions on the Coconino at this time. Click for details. Preparedness Level II For our Contractors: the Industrial Plan is “A”