RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Wednesday, December 27, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-366 - National Mall (District of Columbia) - Serious Injury

On December 23rd, a Park Police officer checking a homeless person near the
D.C. War Memorial, halfway between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington
Monument, found that he was suffering from severe cold. She called for an
ambulance, and the victim, 29-year-old B.E., was taken to George
Washington Hospital, where he was treated, for hypothermia and frozen limbs.
Doctors believe that B.E. may lose both hands and his legs from the knees
down. (CompuServe message from RAD/NCRO, 9:30 EST, 12/26).

89-367 - Delaware Water Gap (Pennsylvania/New Jersey) - Structural Fire

On the morning of the 24th, a motorist passing through Dingman's Ferry
noticed, smoke coming out of the rear of the NPS-owned residence of
supervisory dispatcher Debra O'Leary. The park and local authorities were
promptly notified, and six Pike County fire departments and the NPS
responded. By the time the fire was extinguished, the back section of the
house had burned and the remainder of the building had suffered smoke and
water damage. The cause of the fire has not. yet been determined, but it is
believed to have been accidental. Both NPS and private fire investigators
are conducting a follow-up investigation. A damage estimate has not yet
been completed. (CompuServe message from Kathy Jope, RAD/MARO, 11:50 EST,
12/26).

OFFICE NOTES

1) We are still seeking slides for an upcoming presentation on the national
parks which will soon be made to an. international group. If you have slides
showing park scenery, facilities, visitors and. related subjects and wouldn't
mind sharing them with us, we could sure use them. Return is guaranteed for
those parks that would like to get the slides back. We need them by early
January. Thanks to Fort McHenry and Glacier for sending some along!

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

February 25 - 28 - National Conference on Urban Entomology, University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Contact Dr. Pat Zungoli, Department of
Entomology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0365 (803-656-3111).

March 12 - 16 - Concessions Evaluation and Pricing, training course,
Yosemite NP, CA. This 40-hour course is designed for NPS employees with
concessions responsibilities. Participants will complete rate studies of
various concession services and conduct actual on-site concession
evaluations in accordance with policy and current administrative procedures.
The filing deadline is January 31st. Class size will be 20 people. For
further information, contact your regional training officer or Ann Baugh at
Albright TC (FTS 602-638-2691).

*March 12 - April 3 - Park medic training program, Samaritan Health
Services, Phoenix, Arizona. The 120-hour course is designed to prepare
basic EMT's to provide advanced pre-hospital care as a park medic. Those who
complete the course are eligible to take the national registry certificate
examination for I-EMT. Contact Julie Wurch at 602-495-4285.

March 26 - 30 - Regional uniform coordinators' meeting, Nashville, TN.

(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities).

STAFF STATUS

Kreis, Farabee, Healy, and Coffey on AL.

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