A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team looks more long term. It usually begins before the fire is contained, and before the demobilization of an incident management team.
#CALDOR FIRE EVAC MAP SERIES#
Please monitor and be alert for possible adverse conditions within the Caldor Fire area.įire suppression repair differs from rehabilitation efforts as it is a series of immediate post-fire actions taken to repair damages and minimize potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Watch, Flood Watch and a Winter Storm Watch for the area through Monday. Heavy rain on freshly burned ground caused devastating debris flows. A similar rain event occurred in 2018 within the Thomas Fire burned area in southern California. On average the Sierras receive a storm such as this every ten to twenty years. This hydrophobic layer is generally ½ inch to 3 inches beneath the soil surface, according a Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) report. After a high intensity fire the native plant material can form a waxy substance around soil particles causing the surface layer to repel water. Soils that become hydrophobic repel water, reducing the amount of water infiltration. Areas of high burn severity within the fire, such as Grizzly Flats and above US 50, could be at the greatest risk for debris flows due to hydrophobic soils.
The potential for debris flows in the Caldor Fire area are of great concern.
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