RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Thursday, September 13, 1990

INCIDENTS

No new incidents reported this morning.

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         720  CN 9/13

CA     CDF       San Diego RU       Paint                     3,000       3,300  Yes
       USFS      Lassen NF          Gulch                       250         320  Yes

ID     BLM       Boise Dist.        Owl Creek                   350+        230  Yes
                 Idaho Falls Dist.  Bear River                  500+        300  Yes
       USFS      Idaho Pan. NF     *Clinton Creek                 -         162  CN 9/12

MT     USFS      Custer NF         *Bullbore                      -         175  None

SD     USFS      Black Hills NF    *Swedland - T1                 -       1,000  None

CO     BLM       Montrose Dist.     Furlough                     100        100  Yes

GA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR     Shorts - T2                2,600      2,620  None

FL     USFS      Florida NF        *Bull                           -        321  CN 9/13

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 - 489 fires for 6,707 acres in past 24 hours.

4) NPS FIRE DANGERS (9/12) -

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Channel Island            Bighorn Canyon         Hawaii Volcanoes
El Malpais                Cumberland Island      Sequoia/Kings
Great Basin               Joshua Tree
Everglades                Pinnacles
Golden Gate               Yosemite
Guadalupe Mountains       Santa Monica
Lassen Volcanic           Theodore Roosevelt
Lava Beds
Point Reyes
Voyageurs
Whiskeytown
Zion

5) NPS MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION -

  Resource           9/11      9/12

Firefighters           59        63
Monitors                0         0
Overhead personnel     27        28
Type I crews            0         0
Engines                 7         7
Helicopters             5         5

6) ANALYSIS - Many areas in the West and Southeast are reporting fire
activity. Fire dangers are continuing to climb throughout the West
due to hot, dry weather.

7) PROGNOSIS - The potential for human-caused fires is increasing due to
the opening of hunting season in many areas.

(CompuServe message from Maria Mino, Branch of Fire, Boise, 1500 MDT, 9/12;
NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT,
9/13).

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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