RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Wednesday, September 12, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-304 - Coulee Dam (Washington) - Rescue

Late on the afternoon of the 6th, park rangers returning to headquarters by
boat from Fort Spokane discovered debris floating on the lake. Upon
investigation, they found two people in the water struggling to stay afloat.
The rangers employed life rings and line to pull the pair from the water
into the patrol boat. Both were without life jackets and in the early stages
of hypothermia. They had been out fishing and their small, 12-foot boat
had taken on water and capsized. The incident occurred about a quarter of a
mile from shore; based on their condition, it is doubtful that either would
have made it to shore. Alcohol and lack of safety equipment were factors in
the accident. (Darrell Cook, CR, CODA, via CompuServe message from Mark
Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 9/11).

90-305 - Jefferson National Expansion (Missouri) - Drug Eradication Raids

Six rangers from the park joined officers from eleven other state and county
agencies early this week in Operation Cash Crop. During this day-long
operation, nine farms were raided and 27,000 marijuana plants were cut,
stacked and burned. DEA agents estimated the street value of the marijuana
at $27 million. The seizure was the largest ever in eastern Missouri.
(CompuServe message from Deryl Stone, CR, JEFF, 9/11).

90-306 - Pictured Rocks (Michigan) - Apparent Drowning

On the afternoon of September 10th, visitors walking along Miner's Beach
found the body of 30-year-old A.G. of Dillon, Colorado, in the
beach surf. Responding rangers found his clothes folded on the beach and
his wallet with them. There was no suicide note and no indication of
alcohol consumption. A.G. appeared to have been traveling by himself. It
is presumed that he drowned while swimming. (Ray Brende, CR, PIRO, via
CompuServe message from Ben Holmes, RAD/MWRO, 9/11).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - II

One geographic area experiencing high fire danger. Numerous Class A, B, and
C fires occurring and a potential exists for escapes to larger (project)
fires. Minimal mobilization of resources from other geographic areas
occurring. The potential exists for mobilizing additional resources from
other geographic areas.

2) NATIONAL FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area              Fire                      9/11        9/12  Status

WA     BIA       Colville Res.     *Silver Creek II - T2          -         720  CN 9/12

CA     CDF       San Diego RU       Paint                     1,500+      3,000  CN 9/12
       USFS      Lassen NF         *Gulch                         -         250  CN 9/12

ID     ID        State              Cottonwood - T2             490         490  Yes
       BLM       Boise Dist.       *Owl Creek                     -         350+ None
                 Idaho Falls Dist. *Bear River                    -         500+ CN 9/11

CO     BLM       Montrose Dist.    *Furlough                      -         100  CN 9/12

CA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR     Shorts - T2               2,600       2,600  None

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      * MS - Modified suppression strategy
  * CN - Contained               * MN - Being monitored
  * CL - Controlled              * None - No estimate of containment
  * CS - Confinement strategy    * Yes - Fire has been contained

3) NATIONAL FIRE ACTIVITY - 177 fires for 5,278 acres in past 24 hours.

4) NPS FIRE DANGERS (9/11) -

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Cape Cod                 Bighorn Canyon             ** None **
Channel Islands          Pinnacles
Chickasaw                Sequoia/Kings
Everglades               Theodore Roosevelt
Golden Gate              Yosemite
Guadalupe Mountains
Hawaii Volcanoes
Lassen Volcanic
Lava Beds
Point Reyes
Voyageurs
Santa Monica
Whiskeytown
Zion

5) NPS MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION -

  Resource           9/10     9/11
Firefighters           62       59
Monitors                0        0
Overhead personnel     27       27
Type I crews            0        0
Engines                 7        7
Helicopters             5        5

6) ANALYSIS - Fire activity has increased in California, the Northwest and
the Rockies. Very high to extreme fire dangers are being reported in
Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and California.

7) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity in the West is expected to continue due to
hot, dry weather.

(CompuServe message from Marla Mino, Branch of Fire, Boise, 1500 MDT, 9/11;
NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT,
9/12).

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney at ARD meeting, Cape Cod (9/10-9/12).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Halainen at R&R Uniforms in
  Nashville (9/10-9/13); Coffey on SL (9/10-9/14); Farabee at EMS course
  at Albright (9/10-9/12).

- Branch of Fire: Rick Gale at meeting on interagency cost-sharing agreement
  (9/11-9/13); Marla Mino on detail to Branch from Big Cypress (9/10-9/24).


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 (Branch of R&VP); WASO-FIRE-WO (Branch of Fire)
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