- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, October 1, 1990
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 1990
RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, October 1, 1990
INCIDENTS
90-343 - Timpanogos Cave (Utah) - Misrepresentation as NPS Employee
On the afternoon of September 28th, A.H., 43, appeared at the park
visitor center in a Class A NPS uniform with a badge and name tag, but
without a tie or stetson hat. A.H. said that he was currently a ranger
at the Grand Canyon on a business trip to Salt Lake City and requested free
admission to the cave for himself and his party of 21. The ranger on duty
instructed him that he could only be granted free admission with supervisory
approval; although A.H. persisted in his demand for some time, he
eventually agreed to pay the fee for the cave tour, which was scheduled for
the following day. Rangers became suspicious of A.H.'s status because his
uniform was incomplete and out of date, he was unable to remember his
complete address, and his pager went off while he was in the visitor center.
A background check revealed that A.H. had been an employee at the North
Rim of the Grand Canyon in the early 1970's, but that he had not worked for
the NPS since then. When A.H. appeared at the visitor center to pick up
his tickets on the following day, he was cited under 36 CFR 11.2 for misuse
of the NPS arrowhead. His government driver's license, which had been
issued at Grand Canyon in 1972, was confiscated. A.H. has been ordered
to appear in federal court in Salt Lake City and to surrender his badge at
that time. (Telefaxed report from Mike Tranel, CR, TICA, 9/28).
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No reports today.
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) PRFPAREDNESS 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 9/30 10/1 Status
GA USFWS Okefenokee NWR Shorts 11,000 11,100 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 - 95 acres for 167 acres in past 24 hours.
4) NPS FIRE DANGERS (9/27) -
High Very High Extreme
Golden Gate Cumberland Island ** No areas **
Natchez Trace Hawaii Volcanoes
Point Reyes
Redwood
Voyageurs
5) NPS MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION -
Resource 9/26 9/27
Firefighters 14 21
Monitors 0 1
Overhead personnel 24 54
Type I crews 0 1
Engines 6 5
Helicopters 4 3
6) ANALYSIS - Only minor fire activity is being reported.
7) PROGNOSIS - The potential exists for an increase in human-caused fires
due to the continuation of hunting season in several Western areas.
(CompuServe message from Laurie Wise, Branch of Fire, Boise, 1500 MDT, 9/28;
NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT,
10/1).
CALENDAR
Asterisk (*) indicates new entry; plus (+) indicates revised entry.
Brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:
October 5 - 7 - STAR Incident Commander, Las Vegas STAR Training Facility, Las
Vegas, NV. Training course (24 hours long) designed for personnel who are
responsible for managing SAR incidents in districts or parks and held in
conjunction with Association of National Park Rangers' Rendezvous. The
tuition will be $150; a check, purchase order of SF 182 should be sent to
Debbie Gorman, Box 307, Gansevoort, NY 12831. For further information, call
Paul Anderson at 703-999-2243 x 200. [Bill Wade, SHEN]
October 12 - 13 - Emergency Response Team Leader Workshop, Showboat Hotel,
Las Vegas, NV. Training course (12 hours long) designed to move
participants from emergency response team skills to leadership of response
teams. Held in conjunction with Association of National Park Rangers'
Rendezvous. The tuition will be $30; a check should be sent to Debbie
Gorman, Box 307, Gansevoort, NY 12831. For further information, call Paul
Anderson at 703-999-2243 x 200. [Bill Wade, SHEN]
October 13 - 19 - "Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future",
Yosemite (10/13-14) and Sheraton Conference Center, Concord, CA (10/15-19).
Sponsored by The Natural Areas Association, Yosemite NP, and The Yosemite
Fund. Inquiries should be directed to Coordinator, NA/Yosemite Centennial
Symposium, GGNRA, Fort Mason Building 201, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-556-
1009). [Jenness Coffey, RAD/WASO]
October 22 - 26 - Fish Passageways and Diversion Structures, Portland, OR.
US Fish and Wildlife Service course. $230 tuition. Call Mike Coffey at FTS
343-8135 for further information. [Mike Coffey, WASO]
October 4 - December 18 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies, FLETC, Glynco, GA. For application procedures, contact your
regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
October 10 - December 21 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies, FLETC, Glynco, GA. For application procedures, contact your
regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
October 15 - October 19 - Archeological Resource Protection, FLETC, Glynco,
GA. For application procedures, contact your regional training office.
[Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
October 19 - 21 - Fundamentals of Search and Rescue, Manhattan, KS.
Sponsored by NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 for further information. [NASAR]
November 5 - 9 - Law Enforcement for Managers, FLETC, Glynco, GA. For
application procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
November 5 - 8 - Intermediate Fish Health, Leetown, WV. US Fish and
Wildlife Service course. $230 tuition. Call Mike Coffey at FTS 343-8135
for further information. [Mike Coffey, WASO]
November 5 - 9 - Fish Genetics and Broodstock Management, Wellsboro, PA. US
Fish and Wildlife Service course. $230 tuition. Call Mike Coffey at FTS
343-8135 for further information. [Mike Coffey, WASO]
November 8 - 10 - "The Spanish Missionary Heritage of the United States",
Fountain Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, TX. For registration information, please
write to Quincentenary Committee, San Antonio Missions NHP, 2202 Roosevelt
Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78210 or call either Racinda Meno or Dr. Art Gomez
at 512-229-5701.
November 9 - 10 - Fifth Annual Wilderness Emergencies Conference, Sedona,
AZ. Sponsored by Flagstaff Medical Center. For more information, contact
Sharon Harbeck, FN, PreHospital Care Coordinator, Flagstaff Medical Center,
P.O. Box 1268, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 (602-779-3366, ext. 4185). [Flagstaff
Medical Center]
November 12 - 15 - "Resource Technology 90: Second International Symposium
on Advanced Technology in Natural Resource Management," Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact conference coordinator Janette Evans at 303.
226-1688. Harvey Fleet, NPS-GIS, DSC, is coordinating the "Parks and
Protected Areas" segment of the session. [Kathy Jope, RAD/MARO]
November 12 - 17 - Sixth Conference on Research in the National Parks and
Equivalent Reserves, Westin Paso Del Norte Hotel, El Paso, TX. Sponsored by
George Wright Society. For further information, call the 1990 Conference
Committee at 415-556-1866. [George Wright Forum].
November 13 - 16 - "Agency and Inter-agency Response to Natural and
Technological Disasters", Sixth Annual Environmental Roundtable, Interlaken
Resort and Spa, Lake Geneva, WI. Sponsored by MWRO, DOI's Office of
Environmental Affairs (Chicago), USFS (Region 9) and EPA (Region 5). For
further information, contact John Townsend, FTS 864-3475. [John Townsend,
MWRO]
November 13 - 15 - Fundamentals of Search and Rescue, Newington, CT.
Sponsored by NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 for further information. [NASAR]
November 27 - 30 - Annual regional recreation fee and reservation system
coordinator training, Department of Interior. Benefitting account pays
travel and per diem. Contact Wes Kreis, FTS 268-4205. [Wes Kreis, RAD/WASO]
November 30 - December 2 - Managing the Search Function, Charleston, WV.
Sponsored by NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 for further information. [NASAR]
December 3 - 7 - Fish Tracking Techniques, Panama City, FL. US Fish and
Wildlife Service course. $230 tuition. Call Mike Coffey at FTS 343-8135
for further information. [Mike Coffey, WASO]
December 7 - 9 - Managing the Search Function, Lincroft, NJ. Sponsored by
NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 for further information. [NASAR]
December 10 - 14 - FMO meeting, location to be determined. [Doug Erskine,
FIRE]
December 10 - December 14 - Archeological Resource Protection, FLETC,
Glynco, GA. For application procedures, contact your regional training
office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities).
STAFF STATUS
- Division Chief: No travel scheduled.
- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: No travel scheduled.
- Branch of Fire: No travel scheduled.
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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