RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:  Thursday, September 3, 1992

Release:   0830 EDT

INCIDENTS

92-451 - South Florida Areas - Follow-up on Hurricane Andrew

There are now 248 people - 219 from the NPS - committed to the Hurricane
Andrew recovery operation.  Of these, 87 are overhead personnel; the
remainder are assigned as follows: two to air operations, 35 to security, 58
to employee assistance and CISD, and 68 to salvage and repair.

Repair crews from Mammoth Cave, Great Smokies, Blue Ridge Parkway and Cape
Hatteras - along with a volunteer crew from Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge - have arrived in the park and are now working on building repair and
reconstruction.  Planning is underway to rebuild the 38-mile-long powerline
between Flamingo and the east entrance of Everglades.  Plans are also being
made to bring in a team of assessors from Denver Service Center next week to
fully appraise damages to the parks.  

Some power and air conditioning were provided to the curatorial collection
at Everglades yesterday, and good progress was made on installing a
temporary roof.  Facilities at Flamingo are now open.  Several employee
families have moved into the lodge, and its expected that a total of about
30 families will eventually take up temporary residence there.  The incident
team has expressed its specific thanks to TW Services, the concessioner that
runs the lodge, for its outstanding efforts and support in getting the lodge
ready and providing support to the employees who will be staying there.  

Several resource evaluations are underway.  A survey of park coastlines has
been completed, and only one oil spill has been found.  The spill, which
came from a facility at Turkey Point and spread into Biscayne Bay, has been
boomed and contained.  Resource specialists are checking on the situation of
Florida panthers, but a final evaluation has not been completed.  All
radio-collared panthers are known to have survived the storm.  Team members are
also on the lookout for about 400 of the 10,000 Macaque monkeys and several
hundred baboons that escaped from a nearby breeding facility during the
hurricane.  They are still at large and several have been sighted just
outside the boundaries of Everglades.

The team has also been working to assist local communities whenever and
wherever possible.  Supplies have been provided to needy people in those
communities, and workers have helped to clear the road to Homestead General
Airport.  About a dozen migrant workers who lost everything have been hired
to assist in park recovery efforts.

The ARM team has compiled a summary of activities to date.  Although
statistics alone do not portray the full picture of the recovery efforts,
they provide indicators of the scope of the operation:

- Approximately 600 contacts have been made with park employees.
- Forty families' personal effects have been moved to park storage
  facilities.
- CISD teams have held sessions with 300 employees, and there have been
  three group debriefings.
- Work teams have stabilized 57 employee homes and 27 buildings in the three
  parks.  Generators have been installed and are running on ten buildings.
- Hazard trees have been dropped around structures, and all main roads in
  Everglades have been cleared.
- About 100 small generators have been acquired and provided to employees
  for residential needs.  
- The two kitchens now in operation are serving 275 people at every meal.
- Cash from the ENP&MA relief fund to which many of you have contributed has
  been disbursed to 40 families, and more disbursals will be made in the
  future.

Contributions may be sent to Andrew Relief Fund, ENP&MA, Attention: George
Minnucci, 446 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.  Checks should be made out
to ENP&MA with a notation that the contribution is for the relief fund. 
Those of you who have packages to be sent to specific employees can send
them via Federal Express, Airborne Express or UPS to the following address:
Employee name, Hurricane Andrew Relief, Big Cypress National Preserve, Oasis
Ranger Station, 53553 East Tamiami Trail, Highway 41, Ochopee, FL 33943.    

[Bill Pierce, and Bill Gabbert, ARM Team; Steve Smith, RAD/SERO; 9/3]

92-470 - Zion (Utah) - Earthquake

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake with an epicenter near Kolob caused a rock slide
which closed Utah Highway 9, the south entrance to the park, early on the
morning of Wednesday, September 2nd.  The slide dumped several hundred cubic
yards of material over a stretch of the highway about a quarter mile from
the entrance, which handles two-thirds of Zion's visitors.  Park employees
got in by walking across the rock slide, then riding to work in park
vehicles.  Power is out in Zion Canyon, and only one telephone line is
working.  No structural damage has been found in the tunnel on the east
entrance road, but damage of an unknown extent was inflicted on buildings in
the vicinity of the Kolob visitor center.  Efforts were being made yesterday
to reopen the road and restore electricity.  [Denny Davies, CI, ZION, 9/2]

92-471 - Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - Assault on Ranger

On August 28th, seasonal ranger James Blanton was patrolling the
headquarters campground when he spotted an individual staggering along the
campground road and wandering through several campsites.  Blanton summoned
assistance and was joined by rangers David Alexander and Ezra Brandon. 
Alexander and Brandon talked with the man, who identified himself as J.E.
J.E. began cursing loudly and threatened both rangers, at which
point they took him into custody for disorderly conduct.  As they attempted
to place him in the patrol car, J.E. started spitting and screaming
profanities at the rangers.  Alexander and Brandon, assisted by Blanton and
ranger Brad McDougal, were finally able to get him into the back of the car. 
J.E. then screamed that he was hurt; when McDougal opened the car,
J.E. kicked out the rear window of the car.  Alexander suffered minor
facial cuts from flying glass.  When J.E. was being moved to another
patrol car, he lunged toward the rangers.  J.E. was sprayed in the face
with a single burst of OC-10, a pepper spray, and he immediately ceased all
resistance.  Rangers attempted to flush his eyes, but he refused to
cooperate.  While Blanton was attempting to help him, J.E. kicked him in
the knees.  As he was being placed in another patrol car, he kicked
Alexander in the face.  J.E. was taken by rangers to a local hospital for
evaluation, then lodged in a county correctional center.  J.E.
subsequently admitted to jail staff that his real name was James Bugg, and
that he was from Carpinteria, California.  A criminal history check on Bugg
revealed a lengthy record, including arrests for armed robbery, possession
and distribution of dangerous weapons, domestic abuse, and numerous
instances of battery.  The U.S. attorney will prosecute Bugg for felony
assault on federal officers and destruction of government property.  [CR,
MACA, 8/31]

92-472 - Death Valley (California) - Search

A vehicle registered to R.S., 38, of Spokane, Washington, was
found by rangers along Mud Canyon Road between Beatty and Scotty's Castle on
Sunday, August 30th.  The vehicle's doors were unlocked, and rangers found
$2,100 in travelers' checks and cash in the glove compartment.  R.S. has
a history of mental instability and reportedly attempted suicide a number of
years ago.  He'd worked for the Postal Service in the east and reportedly
left because he feared violence from his fellow employees.  R.S. had gone
to Spokane to find work, but had been unsuccessful.  The Inyo County
sheriff's office is taking the lead in the search.  It's currently too hot
for search dogs (it was 104 on the 31st - the "coolest" it has been in a
while), so aircraft and ground trackers are being employed.  [Chris Ward,
CR, DEVA, 9/1]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - 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) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area             Fire/Incident        9/2     9/3  Status

 FL    NPS     Everglades NP
               Biscayne NP        Hurr. Andrew - ARMT  N/A      N/A  ---
       FEMA    Miami              Hurr. Andrew - T2    N/A      N/A  ---

 LA    FEMA    Franklin           Hurr. Andrew - T1    N/A      N/A  ---
               New Iberia         Hurr. Andrew - T1    N/A      N/A  ---

 OR    USFS    Willamette NF      Pryor - T2           781      781  CN 9/3
       BLM     Lakeview Dist.     Ludi 2             1,020    1,020  NEC

 CA    USFS    San Bernadino NF   Ranch - T2           300+     560  CND
 
 ID    USFS    Payette NF         Tomato 
                                   Point - T1        1,220    1,720  CN 9/12
               Boise NF         * Dunnigan 
                                   Creek - T1            -    2,200  NEC
 
Notes:

* - New fire (this report)         T1/T2 - Type 1 or Type 2 team committed
ARMT - All-risk management team    CN (date) - Expected date of containment
NEC - No estimate of containment   CND - Contained
NR - No report received            

3) FIRE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS - No significant reports.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 119 fires for 307 acres in the past 24 hours.

5) ANALYSIS - Lightning activity in southern Oregon has led to increased
initial attack activity.  High to extreme fire dangers are being reported in
areas in the Northwest, Great Basin, California and Northern Rockies. 
Reassignment of resources and mobilization to the Dunnigan Fire is underway. 
Other project fires are being demobilized.
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6) PROGNOSIS - The potential exists for increased activity in southern
Oregon due to continuing lightning strikes.  No resource shortages are
expected.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 9/3]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry conducting aircraft
overflight research, GRCA, AZ (8/31-9/1).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at organizational review, Branch of F&A,
Boise, ID (8/31-9/1); Gale serving as IC on ARM Team, Everglades and
Biscayne, FL (indefinite); Norum serving as NPS rep at USFS fire planning
meeting, Portland, OR (8/31-9/4); Bristol at InciNet hardware testing
contractor's site, New York, NY (8/30-9/4); Farrel at structural fire
steering program committee meeting, WASO, and site visit, NCR, Washington,
DC (8/31-9/3).

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