RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 21, 1993

Release:   0800 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-23 - Glen Canyon (Utah/Arizona) - Follow-up on Water Supply Contamination

Since the first reports of stomach pains associated with the water supply at
Bullfrog were received last Friday, as many as 19 residents of the community
have reported symptoms such as stomach cramps and diarrhea.  The reports
coincided with the return to service of a half-million gallon water tank
which had recently been painted with an epoxy in a standard, approved
maintenance procedure.  Water users also complained of a taste and odor in
their water.  Barry Davis, a U.S. Public Health Service official attached to
the regional office in Denver, is currently on site and conducting an
investigation.  Davis is interviewing employees in an effort to determine
the origin of the illness, and is in contact with other public health
officials at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta.  Water service from
the epoxied tank has been discontinued; a second tank that was used during
the maintenance period was put back in service shortly after the symptoms
began to appear.  The epoxy cured for 26 days before the tank was refilled -
a day more than the 25 days recommended by the epoxy's manufacturer. 
Although temperatures dropped below a recommended level of 35 degrees on
several nights during that period, Utah health officials approved putting
the tanks back into service after tests were conducted.  About 200 people
live in Bullfrog, most of them employed by the NPS or by ARA Leisure
Service, the park concessioner.  As many as 100 visitors could have been in
the Bullfrog area during the time when the water supply from the tank was in
service, but the number was probably well below that figure.  One person
became ill and was evacuated by air from Bullfrog on January 11th, but the
illness was not related to the stomach problems experienced by others in the
community.  [RAD/RMRO, 1/19]

93-24 - Fort Pulaski (Georgia) - Human Remains Found

On the afternoon of January 18th, ranger Walter West discovered human
remains in the woods about 100 yards southeast of the park entrance road
while searching for evidence of a deer that had been struck by a vehicle the
previous evening.  Indications are that the body had been in the location
for a long time.  An investigation is underway; further details will be
provided when available.  [Walter West, FOPU, 1/19]

93-25 - Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands) - Sexual Assault

Around midnight on January 16th, a 39-year-old woman from San Diego was
walking back from Cruz Bay to her campsite at Cinnamon Bay when a man
driving a vehicle typical of those found on the island stopped and offered
her a ride.  She accepted.  The man drove her to Trunk Bay and sexually
assaulted he, then returned her to the campground.  Virgin Islands police
department officers are currently looking for a local individual who meets
the man's description.  [Steve Alscher, RLES, RAD/SERO, 1/19]

93-26 - Golden Gate (California) - Rescue

Rangers responded to a 35-foot trimaran in distress at the surf line at Fort
Funston on January 9th.  Ranger Steve Prokop swam through heavy surf to the
vessel and brought the two occupants - R.E. and J.E. of Salem,
Oregon - to shore with the assistance of city firemen.  Rangers Matt Ehmann
and Larry Morales attempted to tow the trimaran out to sea with the park's
Zodiac rescue boat, but were unsuccessful due to hazardous surf conditions
(waves up to eight feet high) and shallow water.  Although firemen hauled
the boat as high up the beach as possible, the vessel was battered to pieces
during the night by large waves and high tides.  The couple, who are in
their late fifties, had invested their entire life savings in the boat,
which was conservatively valued at $50,000.  [Larry Morales, GOGA, 1/21]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry on AL (1/17-1/28).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd on AL (1/21); Norum conducting research
review (1/18-1/22); Gale instructing at training centers (1/17-1/19); Botti
on site visit (1/19-1/22).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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