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Burned Area Emergency Response Support

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By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center September 7, 2018
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EROS, alongside the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), offers rapid delivery of satellite imagery in the form of Burned Area Reflectance Classifications (BARC) and other data to the Forest Service’s Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program.

BARC is a data layer of post-fire vegetation condition. The BARC has four classes: high, moderate, low, and unburned. The product is used as an input to the soil burn severity map produced by the BAER teams.

The data is used to protect life, property, water quality and ecosystems after wildfires by informing BAER emergency rehabilitation and restoration plans.

For more information, visit the U.S. Forest Service's BAER site.

EROS, alongside the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), offers rapid delivery of satellite imagery in the form of Burned Area Reflectance Classifications (BARC) and other data to the Forest Service’s Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program.

BARC is a data layer of post-fire vegetation condition. The BARC has four classes: high, moderate, low, and unburned. The product is used as an input to the soil burn severity map produced by the BAER teams.

The data is used to protect life, property, water quality and ecosystems after wildfires by informing BAER emergency rehabilitation and restoration plans.

For more information, visit the U.S. Forest Service's BAER site.

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