Incident Media Photographs

Specialists with a Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) depart Stehekin Landing to conduct inspection of areas impacted by the Pioneer Fire. BAER Teams are composed of numerous specialists ranging from hydrologists and soil experts to trails and wilderness managers. They typically come in after a fire to assess the area, collect data, and draw up remediation suggestions and plans for the home unit affected by the incident.

Firefighters from the Olympic Wildland Fire Module remove protective structure wrap from the Historic Stehekin School as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles. The structure was wrapped and a sprinkler system installed in July as the fire approached the settlement.
 

Specialists with a Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) depart Stehekin Landing to conduct inspection of areas impacted by the Pioneer Fire. BAER Teams are composed of numerous specialists ranging from hydrologists and soil experts to trails and wilderness managers. They typically come in after a fire to assess the area, collect data, and draw up remediation suggestions and plans for the home unit affected by the incident.

Firefighters from the Olympic Wildland Fire Module remove structure protection wrap from the Historic Stehekin School as fire activity dwindles on the Pioneer Fire. The structure was wrapped and a sprinkler system installed as the fire approached the settlement at the head of lake Chelan in Washington State in July.

Crew members from the Olympic Wildland Fire Module remove protective structure wrap from the historic Ranger Station on Company Creek Rd in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

Fire crews from Engine 4405 (Klikitat) and Engine 4108 WA_DNR Chelan remove protective structure wrap from the historic High Bridge Ranger Station in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

Firefighters from the Olympic Wildland Fire Module rescue a skink who got stuck to the structure protection wrap at the historic Stehekin School in Stehekin, WA. The skink was stuck to adhesive tape used to close seams on heat resistant wrap. It was freed without injury and returned to his home in the rocks. The wrap was installed to protect the historic school as the Pioneer Fire approached the settlement.

Fire crews from Engine 4405 (Klikitat) and Engine 4108 WA_DNR Chelan remove protective structure wrap from the historic High Bridge Ranger Station in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

Crew members from the Olympic Wildland Fire Module remove protective structure wrap from the historic Ranger Station on Company Creek Rd in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

Fire crews from Engine 4405 (Klikitat) and Engine 4108 WA_DNR Chelan remove protective structure wrap from the historic High Bridge Ranger Station in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

Fire crews from Engine 4405 (Klikitat) remove protective sprinkler systems from the historic Harlequin Bridge in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.

A fireman from Engine 4405 (Klikitat) backhauls hose lay from Company Creek Rd in Stehekin, WA. as fire activity on the Pioneer Fire dwindles.