RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Tuesday, August 7, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-61 - Joshua Tree (California) - Follow-up on Injury to Grady Arrington

On August 2nd, Grady developed bilateral pneumonia and was returned to the
hospital's intensive care unit. He is on a ventilator, has had another
tracheotomy, and is having fluids removed from both lungs. Doctors report
that his pneumonia is very difficult to control, and he is therefore
receiving massive doses of antibiotics. He will remain in ICU from eight to
ten days. Doctors feel he will recover, however. (CompuServe message from
Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 8/6).

90-235 - Glacier (Montana) - Successful Search and Rescue

On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 31st, D.L., 26, of Falls Church,
Virginia, and a companion were camped at Gunsight Lake when D.L. told his
friend that he'd decided to take a solo hike to Jackson Glacier. He took no
supplies with him. When he failed to return by Wednesday morning, his
companion hiked out and reported him missing. A hasty search was begun that
afternoon, then expanded into a full search the following day. The park
employed 20 field personnel, a helicopter and tracking dogs in the effort to
find Lemmon. At 11:30 on Friday morning, a helicopter crew spotted D.L.
in the Upper St. Mary River drainage in the vicinity of Florence Falls. He
was suffering from hunger, exhaustion, hypothermia, a chest injury and
kidney complications. D.L. was evacuated to Kalispell Regional Hospital
by helicopter. (Telefax from Bob Andrew, CR, GLAC, 8/6).

90-236 - Pictured Rocks (Michigan) - Emergency Aircraft landing

A Cessna Skyhawk made an emergency landing on the beach at Beaver Creek
Campground at 9 p.m. on August 3rd. The aircraft, which was operated by D.M.
of Atlanta, Michigan, had run low on fuel. Neither D.M. nor his
wife, who was the only passenger, was injured. The aircraft did not sustain
any damage. The incident has been investigated by the FAA and has been
turned over to the NPS for further investigation. The aircraft is still on
the beach. No final determination had been made on how to remove it at the
time of the report. (Ray Brende, CR, PIRO, via CompuServe message from
Capt. J.J. McLaughlin, RAD/MWRO, 8/6).

90-237 - Mount Rainier (Oregon) - MVA with Fatality

At 6 p.m. on August 5th, P.J., 24, of Tacama, Washington, was hit
by a van as she attempted to turn her motorcycle into a pullout. Witnesses
said that P.J. appeared to be somewhat inexperienced in handling a
motorcycle, and that she had turned in front of the van. Her husband and
child were on one of two other bikes in the group. She was airlifted to a
nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. (Telephone
report from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 8/6).

90-238 - Olympic (Washington) - Near Drowning

Y-S.M., 24, a Korean national, was swimming in eight feet of water on
Lake Crescent when he went underwater for three or four minutes. He was
quickly recovered, revived by CPR and medevaced to a hospital in Seattle
where he is in critical condition. Doctors say that he is suffering from
severe cerebral hypoxia, and that it is uncertain as to whether he will
live. (Telephone report from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 8/6).

90-239 - Gulf Islands (Mississippi/Florida) - Homicide

Campers on Santa Rosa Island discovered the body of a female whose throat
had been cut on the morning of August 4th. The victim was identified as
B.D.R., 34, of Pensacola, Florida, and it was determined
that she'd been killed within the previous 24 hours. An investigation was
begun by Escambia County, the FBI and park rangers. The prime suspect was
J.M.W., 28, also of Pensacola, who was B.D.R.'s boyfriend. On
the night of the 4th, J.M.W was found in B.D.R.'s car, arrested and charged
with homicide. (Telephone report from Capt. Steve Alscher, RAD/SERO, 8/6).

90-240 - Yosemite (California) - Climbing Fatality

M.T., 28, a Yosemite Park and Curry Company employee, was killed
in a fall while attempting to climb a 5/8 pitch ascent on Keystone Corner on
August 2nd. According to his climbing partner, M.T. might have exceeded
his ability and experience. The probable cause of death is considered to be
climber error compounded by equipment failure. (Roger Rudolph, CR, YOSE,
via CompuServe message from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 8/6).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - III

Two or more geographic areas experiencing incidents requiring a major
commitment of national resources. High number of fires becoming Class D
and larger. Additional resources are being ordered and mobilized through
NICC. Type 1 teams are committed in two or more areas, or 300 crews are
committed nationally.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    8/6         8/7  Status

ID     USFS      Boise             Porter - T1              200         600   None

NV     BLM       Carson City       Buckeye - T2             200+        200+  Yes

WA     NPS       North Cascades    McCallister - T2         272         272   CN 8/5
       USFS      Wenatchee         Canoe Creek - T2         505         505   None
                 Okanogan         *Swamp Creek - T2           -         120   None

OR     USFS      Siskiyou          Caves - T2                85          NR   None
                 Deschutes         Awbrey Hall - T2       3,300       3,353  CN 8/7
                                   Findley Bt. - T1         700       1,250  CN 8/9
                 Ochoco           *Bald Butte - T1            -       1,000  None
                 Malheur          *Whiting Sp. - T1           -         320  None
                                  *Sheeping Bt. - T2          -         300  None

UT     BIA       Ft. Uintah/Ouray  Florence - T2          5,300       5,350  CN 8/9
       BLM       Cedar City        Steamboat - T2           250         225  None
                                  *Mud Spring                 -         300  Yes

CA     USFS      Sequoia           Stormy Complex - T1      400       2,500+ None
                 Cleveland        *Conejos                    -         150+ None
                 Plumas           *Walker - T1                -         800+ None
       BLM       Susanville       *Devine                     -         100  CN 8/7
                                  *Nolan                      -         400  None
       CA        CDF              *Cuyamaca                   -          NR  None

AZ     NPS       Grand Canyon      Topeka                   200          NR  None

AK     FWS       Yukon Flats       A-197 - T1           127,260          NR  None
                 Galena Zone       A-204                 73,300      73,300  None
       BLM       Tok Area          013026                   831          NR  None
                 Tanana Zone       A-270                 24,200      24,200  None
                                   A-421                  9,500          NR  None
                 Southwest Area    004069                 1,833       2,176  CN 8/15
                                   004068 - T2            6,738       7,808  CN 8/15
                                   004030                38,415          NR  None
                                   004034               111,822     180,386  None
                 Galena Zone       A-168                  2,900          NR  None
       NPS       Denali            A-148                 46,000      46,000  MN
                                   A-374                  1,800       1,800  MN
                                   A-255                 23,600      23,600  MN
                                   A-406                  5,000      11,000  MN
                                   A-413                  6,000       6,000  MN
                                   A-391                 36,390      36,390  MN
       Army         -              A-133                 14,000      14,000  None
       AK        Tok Area          013021 - T1           94,650      94,650  None
                                   013035                11,500      11,500  CN 8/7
                 Galena Zone       A-208                 14,000          NR  None
                 Tanana Zone       A-414                 14,850          NR  None
                 Delta Area        012054                 7,500          NR  None
       Native    Upper Yukon       A-412                 37,470      37,470  None
                 Tanana Zone       A-391                 43,890      43,890  None

Alaska also has 32 fires unstaffed under modified suppression
strategy for a total of 963,052 acres and 45 fires under limited
suppression strategy for 900,203 acres.

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire (on this
  report). T1 and T2 indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Status - The following abbreviations are employed:

  * NR - No report received
  * CN - Contained
  * CL - Controlled
  * MN - Being monitored
  * MS - Fire is being managed under modified suppression strategy
  * None - No estimate of containment
  * Yes - Fire has been contained

3) NPS NARRATIVES -

- Denali (Alaska) - A red flag warning was posted for increased fire
danger for the McGrath/Minchumina Lake area yesterday. Smoke was
increasing in all areas north of the Alaska Range, which made fixed^wing
mapping hazardous in hilly areas and difficult in low areas.

* A-255 Fire - Currently showing a few smoldering areas.

* A-374 Fire - No visible smoke reported.

* A-413 Fire - No change.

* A-148 Fire - No new information.

* A-391 Fire - Lightning activity was reported on the fire.

* A-406 Fire - The fire is considered active, although it is smoking
on less than five percent of its perimeter.

* McCallister Fire - No new information reported.

- North Cascades (Washington) -

- Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) -

* Avalanche 1 RX Fire - The fire is now actively burning in timber and
has burned 1,400 acres. A holding action on the east flank has been
successfully completed.

- Grand Canyon (Arizona) -

* Topeka Fire - No new information.

- Yosemite (California) -

* Hoover Creek RX Fire - The fire has burned 29 acres. A minor burnout
has been conducted to take care of unburnt fuels along a creek.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 348 fires for 72,552 acres in past 24 hours.

                                      1989          1990

Year-te-date Fires                   39,871        42,100
Year-to-date Acres                1,403,252     3,052,970

5) NPS FIRE DANGERS - The following parks reported high to extreme fire
danger yesterday:

  High                   Very High             Extreme

Grant-Kohrs             Bryce Canyon         Death Valley
Redwoods                Colorado             Zion
Isle Royale             Wind Cave            Noatak
Great Basin             Lassen               Yukon-Charlie
Hawaii Volcanoes        Pinnacles
Whiskeytown
Denali
Grand Canyon
Indiana Dunes
Padre Island
El Malpais
Sequoia/Kings
Great Basin
Wrangell-St. Elias

6) NPS MOBILIATION/DEMOBILIZATION -

  Resource              August 3         August 6

Firefighters               32                55
Monitors                    8                 8
Overhead personnel         18                25
Type I crews                1                 2
Engines                     6                 6
Helicopters                 3                 4

7) ANALYSIS - Fire activity continues to increase in the Northwest and
California as a result of continuing lightning activity. Heavy
commitment of initial attack resources is occurring in the Northwest,
California, and Nevada.

8) PROGNOSIS - Fire occurrence is expected to increase due to forecasted
lightning activity and existing extremely hot and dry conditions.
Competition for Type II helicopters, air tankers, smoke jumpers and Type
I crews is expected to increase.

(CompuServe report from Diane Wisley, Branch of Fire, Boise, 8/6; NICC
Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT, 8/7).

OFFICE NOTES

1) On August 6th, Lake Clark NP headquarters office moved from the
Federal Building in Anchorage to a new location on the Alaska Pacific
University campus. Their new address is: Lake Clark National Park and
Preserve, 4230 University Drive, Suite 311, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508.
Their phone number remains the same: (907) 271-3751. (ARO)

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: AL (8/6-8/7), meeting of management task group in
  Seattle (8/8-8/10).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Martin and Marriott at
  meeting in El Paso (8/6-8/9); Coffey on SL (8/8-8/10).

- Branch of Fire: Update pending.


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