RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Thursday, September 20, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-312 - Delaware Water Gap (New Jersey/Pennsylvania) - Followup on 
Arrests

On the evening of the 11th, J.T. of Arlington, 
Virginia, and D.B., of Newark, Delaware, were arrested 
in a cornfield in the park while attempting to harvest some 
marijuana which was being grown among the corn rows.  Upon 
further investigation, rangers determined that J.T.'s real 
name was E.E., and that he had previously been 
arrested for a variety of offenses, including assault, 
possession of marijuana, resisting arrest, theft, and breaking 
and entering.  Earlier on the 11th, D.B. and E.E. had 
flown into Mount Pocono airport from Vermont, where they both 
live, then had rented a car and driven to the cornfield.  FBI 
agents, who are providing assistance on this case, subsequently 
seized the airplane, which belongs to D.B..  A detention 
hearing was held on the 14th.  E.E. is being held without 
bond; D.B. was released to the custody of his parents, who 
posted the $100,000 bond through a lien on their residence.  
Indictments were being sought from a grand jury in Scranton 
yesterday.  The investigation continues in an attempt to link 
several local people to the marijuana field and to determine 
whether or not D.B., E.E. or any of these individuals 
are connected with another nearby marijuana patch which was 
raided on the 11th by state police.  (Telefax from Hal Grovert, 
CR, DEWA, 9/19).

90-317 - Gateway (New York) - Two Homicides

Early on the morning of September 15th, a female jogger on the 
beach in the park's Fort Tilden Unit discovered the body of a 
partially clothed male.  Park Police and NYPD officers responded.  
There were no visible signs of injury on the body, but other 
evidence suggested that the man had been killed.  On the 
following morning, a man walking his dog on Plumb Beach found a 
body wrapped in a sheet.  The victim had been trussed with two 
electric cords and TV antenna wire.  His only apparent injury 
was a bloody nose.  The second body was found about two miles 
from the first.  Although the two incidents may be related, it 
is considered unlikely that they are linked.  (Telephone report 
from Maj. Dale Dickerhoof, USPP, GATE).

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.

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               9/19    9/20   Status

UT    USFS   WasatchCache NF   Strongs Canyon       150     170   Yes 

AZ    FWS    Havasu NWR        *BW Delta                    280   CN 9/19

CO    USFS   White River NV     Ute Creek  T2       200     200   NR

GA    FWS    Okefenokee NWR     Shorts  T2        2,620   2,620   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  131 fires for 782 acres in past 24 
hours.

4) NPS FIRE DANGERS (9/19) 

     High                 Very High              Extreme 
 
   El Malpais           Cumberland Island     Cape Cod
   Golden Gate          Natchez Trace         Joshua Tree  
   Hawaii Volcanoes                           
   Lassen Volcanic      
   Point Reyes          
   Redwood        
   Sequoia/Kings
   Whiskeytown 
   Yellowstone
   Yosemite
   Zion
   
5) NPS MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION  

     Resource              9/18     9/19

   Firefighters            156      125
   Monitors                  3        1
   Overhead personnel       55       50
   Type I crews              3        0
   Engines                   9        9
   Helicopters               6        5 

6) ANALYSIS  Only minor fire activity is being reported.

7) PROGNOSIS  No resource shortages expected.
      
(Telefax from Marla Mino, Branch of Fire, Boise, 1530 MDT, 9/19; 
NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 
0530 MDT, 9/20).

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Dabney at ranger work force meeting in Minneapolis
 (9/17-9/20).

Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Coffey on SL (9/17-9/21).

Branch of Fire: Hurd in Acadia (9/17-9/21); Gale in Shenandoah to review
 fire management program, work on MAR allrisk training and attend ICS
 working team meeting (9/159/26); Broyles in Shenandoah for all-risk
 and ICS meetings and in Washington for NWCG meeting (9/16-9/26); Erskine
 at NWCG meeting in Maine (9/17-9/23); Clark instructing at extreme
 fire behavior seminar (9/17-9/22); 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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