RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date:  Friday, May 12, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-84 - Lake Mead - Follow-up on Diving Fatality

Park rangers received a report of the entrapment of diver D.D. in
Ringbolt Rapids via marine band radio shortly after the incident occurred,
flew to the scene by helicopter and were in the water about 35 minutes after
the report was received. They might have been able to save the victim, but
the water was flowing at 22,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) and they
couldn't get closer than 30 feet from him. The river flow was dropped to
8,000 cfs in order to allow the divers to safely make the recovery. (John
Benjamin, GICA).

89-89 - Joshua Tree - Employee Injury

K.H., 30, an employee at Death Valley who was working at Joshua Tree,
was seriously injured in an accident on May 10th. K.H. was leading a pack
train out of the park after delivering supplies to a mining operation when
her horse was startled by a passing car. The horse began bucking, and K.H.
was thrown into a stand of cholla cactus, with the animal landing on top of
her and kicking her in the head. She was transported to Desert Hospital in
Palm Springs, where she underwent surgery. She is listed in serious
condition with a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. (Rick
Anderson, Superintendent, JOTR, via Herb Gercke, RADAM)).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION

a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

* Tamiami Fire - Everglades - 850 acres:

* Oak Spring Fire - Big Bend - 730 acres:

The Oak Springs Fire was contained at 730 acres yesterday afternoon.

* Rosillos Fire - Big Bend - 6 acres:

The fire was to have been under control by 8 p.m. last night.

The Rosillos Fire was contained at six acres yesterday afternoon. No
structures were endangered. Park Service personnel, a Mescalero Type II
crew and a fixed wing craft were involved in its suppression.

* Margaret Basin Fire - Big Bend - 2,500 acres:

Four new starts - one in the park, two on the park boundary and one on
adjacent private lands - resulted from lightning strikes in the Margaret
Basin of the Dead Horse Mountains in the extremely rugged and remote
northeast section of the park. When discovered, the four strikes had
created a fire of 30 acres in size, which spread quickly to 2,500 acres.
The Nature Conservancy owns the private land, and has asked that no
suppression action be taken on their lands. The fire should be manned as
soon as air support arrives. A helicopter is expected to be on scene early
this morning.

b) OTHER AGENCY

* Mexico #2 Fire - 150 acres:

The fire was initially burning in Mexico, but it escaped control lines,
crossed into the United States and burned 150 acres of unknown jurisdiction.
A Type II Team, four helicopters, three crews, a strike team of engines and
a radio system are on order. No estimate of containment.

* Polk #2 Fire - State of Florida - 1,000 acres:

The fire has been contained.

* Powerline Fire - State of Florida - 300 acres:

The fire has been contained.

2) FIRE ACTIVITY - 139 fires for 3,666 acres reported on Thursday.

3) ANALYSIS - Numerous new ignitions continue to be reported in the
southwest, with the majority being handled at initial attack. Some resource
movement into the southwest is currently underway.

4) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to continue in the southwest and
southern areas as extreme conditions continue. No resource shortages are
anticipated.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 1630 MDT, 5/11/89; report on Big Bend fires
from CRO, BIBE).

STAFF STATUS

Hodapp in Rocky Mountain at resource threats workshop, Ringgold at North
Atlantic region chief rangers' conference on Cape Cod, Loach in Taos at ARPA
conference, Farabee in New Orleans at NASAE conference.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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