RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Wednesday, September 26, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-311 - Appalachian Trail (Pennsylvania) - Follow-up on Double Homicide
Paul David Crews, who was arrested for the homicides on the Appalachian Trail,
was not listed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list. Crews was highly sought-
after by the FBI, however, and had appeared on numerous fugitive posters and
circulars. (Telefax from Bill Sanders, CR, ANST, 9/25).

90-338 - Channel Islands (California) - Falling Fatality

T.B. of Bethany, Oklahoma, was hiking with Nature Conservancy guides
on private lands within the park on September 9th when he tripped and fell
approximately 100 feet to the rocky shoreline of Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz
Island. Despite immediate assistance from two off-duty Ventura firemen/EMT's,
T.B. died from his injuries. He was transported to a hospital in Oxnard
by Coast Guard helicopter. (Jack Fitzgerald, CR, CHIS, via CompuServe message
from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 9/25).

90-339 - Everglades (Florida) - Aircraft Accident

On the afternoon of the 24th, C.H., 22, of Belize, was on his
first solo flight when he became lost. When his fuel began to run low, C.H.
found it necessary to find a place to land, and put his Cessna 150 down on
the main park road near Pavrotis Pond, about ten miles north of Flamingo.
The landing was successful, but C.H., despite his low fuel, then decided to
take off again; as he attempted to do so, he hit a park sign and went off the
road into a ditch. The plane, which is owned by Tac Air and was operated from
the Tamiamia Airport, was seriously damaged, but Hart suffered only minor
injuries. The FAA is investigating. (Telephone report from Steve Smith,
RAD/SERO, 9/25).

90-340 - North Cascades (Washington) - Serious Employee Injury

On September 23rd, seasonal park ranger Andy Ross was dumping a bucket of
water over a rock gulley at Copperridge Lookout when he slipped and fell
approximately fifty feet. Ross was able to climb back up to the lookout,
where a doctor who was hiking through the area helped stabilize his injuries.
A medevac helicopter transported him to a local hospital, where he was treated
for a broken left wrist, two broken toes, and deep lacerations on his lower
left leg and right knee. Ross was to be released from the hospital yesterday.
(CompuServe message from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNR0, 9/25).

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                    9/25         9/26  Status

MT     USFS      Flathead NF       Upper Truman
                                    Eagle - T2                93          105  Yes

GA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR    Shorts                  5,000        6,400  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 - 500 fires for 4,182 acres in past 24 hours.

4) NPS FIRE DANGERS (9/25)-

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Great Basin               Badlands               ** No areas **
Indiana Dunes             Hawaii Volcanoes
Lake Meredith             Scotts Bluff
Lava Beds
Natchez Trace
Wind Cave

5) NPS MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION -

  Resource              9/24      9/25
Firefighters             74        34
Monitors                  0         0
Overhead personnel       20        21
Type I crews              0         0
Engines                   6         6
Helicopters               3         3

6) ANALYSIS - Northern California, the Rocky Mountains and the Southeast
are experiencing increased fire activity. Very high to extreme
fire indices are being reported in a few areas in the Rockies.

7) PROGNOSIS - Moderate fire activity is expected to continue.

(CompuServe report from Laurie Wise, Branch of Fire, Boise, 1700 MDT, 9/25;
NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT, 9/26).

OFFICE NOTES

1) Correction: On yesterday's morning report, we noted that Doug Bernard had
already gone to Seattle for treatment. Doug is still in the park, but will
be headed there in the near future. [J.T. Reynolds, RAD/RMRO]

2) Duncan Morrow, the WASO FOIA officer, has asked us to assist on an FOIA
request for information on the Rainbow Family, Nation, Gathering, Living Light
or Peace Project. If you have relevant information on the Rainbow Family,
please contact your regional FOIA officer, who will pass it on to us. We need
a response by October 10th. Thanks. Contact Butch Farabee for further
information (206-208-4188, FTS 268-4188).

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney at in Nashville (9/26-9/27).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Martin at board of inquiry for
  shooting death of Bob McGhee at Gulf Islands (9/24-9/26); Halainen in
  Nashville (9/26-9/27) and on AL (9/28).

- Branch of Fire: Gale and Broyles at all-risk cadre meeting in Shenandoah
  (9/24-9/26); Erskine, Botti and Gale reviewing housing potential for
  Alpine hotshot crew at Zion and Bryce Canyon (9/27-9/28).


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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