RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Wednesday, June 6, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-123 - Jefferson National Expansion (Missouri) - Felony Arrest

At 10:30 p.m. on the night of the 3rd, a ranger saw a man staggering across
the parking lot at the Arch and went to his assistance. Several people whom
he passed as he walked out of the lot told the ranger that he had a large
knife in his back pocket. As the ranger arrived, he collapsed and fell to
the ground. She found that his pants were covered with blood and that he
had a deep cut on one of his wrists. St. Louis PD officers soon arrived and
transported the man, identified as 65-year-old S.G. of Creve Coeur,
Missouri, to the hospital. During the subsequent investigation, it was
learned that S.G. had just murdered his wife at a country club with the
knife he was still carrying, and that he had attempted to take his life with
the same knife. (Joel Wright, JEFF, via (CompuServe message from Capt. J.J.
McLaughlin, RAD/MWRO, 6/5).

90-124 - Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) - Death of Employee

T.R., 33, a tractor operator at Valley Forge, died at Brandywine
Trauma Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, on June 5th. T.R. was
injured on the morning of the 2nd when he fell from a ladder at the home of
a friend and struck his head on a radiator. T.R. had worked in the park
since 1976, and was liked and respected by all. He was a member of the
park's wildfire crew and worked on a number of fires in the West, including
fires in Yellowstone and California. Funeral arrangements are as yet
unknown. (CompuServe message from Ginny Paci, RAD/MARO, 6/5).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area                 Fire                    Acres  Status

CO     BLM       Grand Junction       *Twin Peaks                  230 CN 6/6

AZ     USFS      Coronado NF          *Dry                         230 CL 6/5
       USFS      Tonto NF             *Bray - T2                   623 CN 6/6
       USFS      Coconino NF          *Bray #2 - T2             (Above) CN 6/6

NM     USFS      Lincoln NF            Big	                     33,135 CL 6/8

       BLM       Pecos                *Pecos                        250 CN 6/5

GA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR        Mothers Day                 3,800 CL 6/7

NC     FWS       Alligator River NWR  *Swamp                         200 Yes

AK     USFS      Tongass NF            Three Mile Creek - T2         320 Yes

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire. T1 and T2 indicate
  assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Status - Containment/control dates are estimates; CN means
  contain, CL means control, MN means the fire is being monitored; "none"
  means no estimate; "yes" means the fire has been contained.
- Agencies - All BLM areas are districts; CDF is California
  Department of Forestry.

3) FIRE NARRATIVES

- Bray (Tonto and Coconino NF's) - Two Type II teams have been committed.
Steep terrain, winds and low relative humidity are causing control
problems. Six helicopters, five airtankers and 24 crews have been
committed.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 108 fires for 2,047 acres in past 24 hours.

5) FIRE DANGERS - The following parks are experiencing high to extreme fire
danger this morning:

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Indiana Dunes           Cumberland Island          Bryce Canyon
Carlsbad Caverns        Big Bend                   Bandelier
Padre Island            Grand Canyon               Hawaii Volcanoes
Joshua Tree             Guadalupe Mountains        Chiricahua
Santa Monica            Saguaro

6) ANALYSIS - Extreme conditions in the Southwest continue, and fire
activity has consequently increased. Five Type I crews are being
mobilized to the Southwest from the northern Rockies and Northwest.
National parks report the following:

* Cumberland Island - The fire danger remains very high.	 Extra patrols
and some presuppression activity underway. MC4.

* Bandelier - Thousand-hour fuel moisture is nine percent. MC5.

* Carlsbad Caverns - Lightning on the evening of the 4th caused multiple
ignitions. The park was to fly recon yesterday morning.

* Grand Canyon - The weather continues to be hot, dry and windy.

* Saguaro - The temperature hit 111 degrees on the 4th - a record high.

7) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to continue in the Southwest,
Alaska and Florida. Resources remain adequate.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/6/90; NPS National Wildland Fire
Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/6/90).

OFFICE NOTES

1) The long-awaited opening of the ranger museum in the Norris Soldier
Station in Yellowstone will occur in August of 1991. The museum will be
dedicated to all rangers who've worked in the NPS since the first parks were
founded. Harpers Ferry is currently working on exhibits for the museum and
is very interested in contacting rangers who might have photos or artifacts
(uniforms, equipment, etc.) which could be used in displays. If you think
you've got something that might be of interest, contact Jim Mount, exhibit
planner and ex-ranger (Canyon de Chelly, Chaco, Effigy Mounds, Death Valley
and elsewhere), at Harpers Ferry Center, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 (FTS 535.
6442; 304-535-6442). It's imperative that you contact him as soon as
possible, since design work must be completed in the near future.

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney in Arlington, Virginia, at USFWS law enforcement
  review panel meeting (6/4-8).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Healey on AL (6/6-6/22); Coffey
  in Gettysburg for meeting on white-tail deer study (6/5-6/6).

- Branch of Fire: Gale at 1-520/620 steering committee meeting in Port
  Angeles, Washington (6/4-6/14); Rutter, Brown and Wise on detail to ADD
  and RAD, Washington, D.C. ((6/3-6/10).


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:  FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax:    FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER
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