RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Tuesday, June 20, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-137 - Grand Canyon - Visitor Drowning

S.K.J., 21, of West Berlin, Germany, was on a river trip on
the Colorado River on the 14th when his rafting party put ashore and he went
for a 40-minute hike. Shortly thereafter, members of the group heard cries
for help and found S.K.J. trapped in an eddy in the river. They were not
able to reach him before he went under. His body has not yet been found.
(Ken Miller, CR, GRCA, via CompuServe message from RAD/WRO).

89-138 - Grand Canyon - Visitor Fatality

On June 14th, M.H., 54, of Las Vegas, a trip leader for a
commercial rafting company, was thrown from his raft after being capsized on
a rock wall while attempting to negotiate Crystal Rapids. When last seen by
the rafting party, he was floating downriver, apparently unharmed. M.H.
apparently either drowned or succumbed to hypothermia, however; his body was
recovered several miles downstream. (Ken Miller, CR, GRCA, via CompuServe
message from RAD/WRO).

89-139 - Chickasaw - Visitor Drowning

Around noon on the 17th, D.P., 42, and M.M., 29, both of
Oklahoma City, got out of their boat in the middle of Lake of the Arbuckles
and went for a swim. High winds blew their boat away from them; while
attempting to swim back to it, D.P. went under and did not resurface.
Another park visitor heard M.M.'s screams, and was able to pick her up.
The park staff is conducting dragging operations in an attempt to recover
D.P.'s body. The lake is about 75' deep at the point where he drowned.
(Bob Peters, Superintendent, CHIC, via CompuServe message from RAD/SWRO).

89-140 - Chiricahua - Death of Superintendent's Wife

Superintendent David Moore's wife, who was recovering from a severely
fractured femur received in a recent fall, began experiencing respiratory
difficulties early on the morning of the 18th. She was given emergency
treatment by medical technicians and was transported by Forest Service
helicopter to medical facilities in Wilcox, Arizona. She died there about
an hour after her arrival. (Allen King, CR, CHIR, via CompuServe message
from RAD/WRO).

89-141 - Great Smokies - Shooting of Job Corps Employee

On the afternoon of the 16th, 21-year-old A.M. was walking with
friends from the town of Cherokee on the park's east border to the Job Corps
Center at Oconoluftee when someone in a residence along the way fired a .22
caliber pistol at A.M. and struck him in the left thigh. A.M. was
admitted to the Swain County Hospital and is in satisfactory condition. The
suspect is at large, and is being sought by the Cherokee Police Department.
(Pete Hart, CR, GRSM, via telephone report from RAD/SERO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION (Planning Level II)

a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

* DOF #457 Fire - State of Florida/Everglades (Florida) - 42,000 acres
(yesterday - 14,000 acres):

The head of the fire is three quarters of a mile east of the Shark Valley
tower. Although park facilities there are not believed to be in serious
jeopardy, the fire is threatening various historic sites and the Miccosukee
reservation. The threat of the fire sweeping into Big Cypress has
diminished somewhat, as there were heavy rains yesterday on the boundary
between Everglades and Big Cypress (but not on the fire). Fire behavior
continues to be extreme. Investigators have determined that the fire was
started by an arsonist, and there were two more arson starts in the same
area yesterday. Due to the extremely low water levels and drought
conditions in the park, areas that burned last year are being reburned by
this fire. The water level in the Shark Valley Slough is currently two feet
lower than it was last month during the destructive Ingraham Fire. A Type
II team is managing the fire. The forecast today calls for hot, dry
conditions with scattered afternoon showers.

b) OTHER AGENCY

* Current Creek Mountain Fire - State of Utah (Utah) - 225 acres:

The fire has been contained.

* Meason Fire - Gila NF (New Mexico) - 1,030 acres:

A Type I team is managing the fire. Gusty, erratic winds continue to hamper
control efforts. Estimated containment: 6/22.

* Shelley Fire - Gila NF (New Mexico) - 200 acres:

No information currently available on this fire.

* Douglas Creek Fire - Craig District, BLM (Colorado) - 350+ acres:

Gas lines, oil wells, and a ranch are currently threatened. High winds are
creating control problems. There's no estimate of containment.

* Citrus Fire - City of Fontana (California) - 200 acres:

No new information available. No estimate of containment.

2) FIRE ACTIVITY - 183 fires for 11,019 acres in last 24 hours.

3) ANALYSIS - Fire activity is increasing in southern California, with
activity continuing in the southwest, Utah and Florida.

4) PROGNOSIS - Activity in the southwest is expected to increase as a result
of increased lightning. A red flag watch for lightning and windy, dry and
hot conditions has been posted for today for Colorado, southern Utah and
northern Arizona.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/19/89; supplemental information on
fire in Everglades via telefax from Judi Zuckert, BFM/Boise).

STAFF STATUS

All hands on board.

Prepared by EASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone: FTS 343-4874/6039 or 202-343-4874/6039
Telefax: FTS 343-5977 or 202-343-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER