RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Friday, October 5, 1990

INCIDENTS

No incident reports received.

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                    10/4     10/5  Status

ID     USFS      Sawtooth NF       Green - T2                150      150  CN 10/5

GA     USFWS     Okefenokee NWR    Shorts - T1            11,810   12,500  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 - 300 fires for 2,854 acres.

4) ANALYSIS - Fire dangers are moderating in the Western states. The
Southeast continues to report high fire dangers and fire activity.

5) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to continue in the Southeast.

(NICC Intelligence Section, Fire Management Sit Report, 0530 MDT, 10/5).

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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