Day/date: February 12, 1987

                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Log number: 87-12A (Follow-up on 87-12, 2/9/87)
Date/time of incident: 2/9-2/12         Date/time received: 2/12, 7 pm
Park: Cape Cod                          Location: Parkwide
Reported by: Tony Bonano, CR/CACO       Phone(s): 617-349-3785
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD/WASO    Phone(s): 343-4874
Follow up: Tony Bonano                  Phone(s):

Summary:
The blizzard that closed the park earlier in the week was reportedly the worst
in 30 years on the Cape - about 20" fell, there were white-out conditions
throughout the storm, and high winds blew drifts to 4' in height. All power
was out from late Monday on; as of this report, over 2500 Cape residents are
still without it. The governor declared a limited state of emergency on
Tuesday. Because many towns (principally Truro, Wellfleet and Eastham) and
residents live within park boundaries and because most Cape emergency and
public service organizations are without four-wheel drive vehicles, the park
was called on to provide support throughout the area for emergencies,
transportation of people to shelters and so forth. The six permanent rangers
on the staff responded early in the evening of the 9th and worked throughout
the week to assist the communities. Initially, they were called on to
transport public safety and emergency medical people to their work places;
they were then teamed up with local police officers and responded to dozens of
emergency situations. The South District Ranger, Vern Hurt, was called to the
residence of one elderly couple with medical problems. The woman was found in
the house, but the man had gone for help. Hurt and his police officer partner
found the man in a snow drift, hypothermic and unable to move. He was
transported with his wife to medical facilities and is in good condition.
Other rangers provided similar services to Cape residents.

Chief Ranger Bonano says that his rangers exhibited "the highest degree of
public service and commitment" during the storm. They worked steadily from
the evening of the 9th to the morning of the 11th with few breaks. Bonano
cites the six - Jean Valle, Irv Tubbs, Jim Ebert, Dennis St. Aubin, Rod
Danner and Vern Hurt - for exemplary efforts in assisting the local towns
and residents, and adds that maintenance men Dick Ramos, Mike Rivetts, Larry
Ambrose, John Hogue and Rick LaGrange also made outstanding efforts to keep
their plows moving and the roads open. Bonano says that the park also got
solid support from several interpreters and administrative staffers who made
it to work and handled all radio and telephone communications.