RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, June 24, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-379 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Follow-up on Search 

After five days of searching rugged terrain for E.B., rangers came
upon him walking along North Fork Drive outside the town of Three Rivers,
which is adjacent to the park.  He was in good spirits and health and
declined medical attention.  E.B. had walked from Dorst campground down the
hazardous Yucca Creek drainage, apparently unaware that 100 ground searchers
were combing the hills looking for him.  He told investigators that he'd
seen the search helicopter about 30 feet above the ground, but that he
hadn't made any efforts to attract attention to himself.  He said that he'd
concluded that he had no choice but to walk out if the helicopter crew
didn't spot him.  Along the way, he'd managed to kill and eat two lizards. 
Diligent searchers had found the head of one lizard near a recent firepit,
and had concluded that they were on the correct track.  IC Tom Tschol
praised the efforts of searchers from Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite, the
California Office of Emergency Services, CAP, CARDA, the Tulare County
sheriff's department SAR unit, and the Camp Nelson fire department.  He also
cited Guest Services, the park's concessioner, for their assistance in
providing food.  [Peter Allen, SEKI, 6/21]

93-388 - Olympic (Washington) - Follow-up on Search

The search for J.H., 30, of Philadelphia, continues.  The park
deployed 51 personnel, a helicopter and two search dog teams on Monday. 
They searched Hurricane Ridge trails, vista overlooks and exposed hazard
areas, but found no clues as to J.H. whereabouts.  Due to poor weather
(freezing temperatures and rain and snow squalls), search efforts on Tuesday
were more limited, but the incident commander hoped to escalate them again
yesterday if conditions improved as forecast.  [Bill Pierce, OLYM, 6/23]

93-389 - Olympic (Washington) - Follow-up on Search

B.R., 40, of Portal, Arizona, was found along the Queets River early
on the afternoon of June 22nd.  She was cold and hungry, but otherwise in
good condition.  B.R. had left the North Fork campground on the morning of
the 19th with the intention of making a loop hike in the valley, but took a
wrong trail that afternoon and was unable to return to her camp.  She had
only her lunch and a candy bar with her and was dressed in jeans, a shirt,
and a parka.  B.R. spent three cold nights in the woods, and ended up
traveling down the Tshletshy Creek to the Queets River, then down the river
until searchers found her - a total of about 15 miles of very rugged
country.  She was ecstatic to see the searchers.  [Bill Pierce, OLYM, 6/23] 

93-395 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Bison Goring

On the evening of June 20th, a 19-year-old woman was gored by a bison in the
Old Faithful area of the park.  The woman startled the bison when she
approached within ten feet and received a small wound to the right upper
thigh and some minor abrasions.  Rangers responded immediately and provided
emergency medical care.  The victim was transported by private vehicle to
the Lake Hospital, where she was treated and released.  She was then taken
to West Park Hospital in Cody for additional care.  She was the first person
to be gored by a bison in Yellowstone this season.  [CRO, YELL, 6/23]

93-396 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Significant Injury to Concession Employee

Several park concession employees wandered off a designated trail in the Old
Faithful Fountain Paint Pots thermal area around midnight on June 21st; one
of the members of the group, a 20-year-old woman, subsequently broke through
a thin crust area and received second degree burns to her left foot and
ankle.  She was driven 42 miles back to her dormitory in the Canyon
Subdistrict before a request for assistance was made to NPS personnel.  Park
medic Dennis Lojko responded and administered medical treatment.  The woman
was then taken to Lake Hospital.  Alcohol was a contributing factor in the
accident, which is still under investigation.  [CRO, YELL, 6/23]

93-397 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Rescue

B.B. of Fremont, Ohio, was rafting with a local outfitter on the
afternoon of June 21st when she injured her neck when she was thrown against
another passenger while negotiating a Class IV rapid.  Rangers responded,
placed B.B. in a stokes basket, and belayed her up a low angle slope
from the river's edge to the railroad tracks above.  She was then
transferred to a CSX highrailer and taken to an awaiting ambulance, where
she was transported to a local hospital for treatment.  [Kinsey Shilling,
SDR, NERI, 6/23]

93-398 - North Cascades (Washington) - Rescue

On June 18th, a juvenile from Clarkstown, Washington, was parking a van
borrowed from the Stehekin Valley Ranch at the Stehekin landing when she
lost control, ran over a retaining block, and entered Lake Chelan.  The
vehicle floated upright, but soon started to fill with water.  The driver
was able to lower her window and exit the van, but her mother had difficulty
getting out the passenger side window.  M.B., a North Cascades Lodge
concession employee, yelled for help and jumped into the frigid water. 
M.B. was able to pull the mother from the vehicle and get her to an
adjacent dock, where bystanders helped her out of the water.  M.B. then
swam back to the driver, who was disoriented and hyperventilating, and
helped her swim to the dock.  None of the three was injured in the incident. 
The van submerged in Lake Chelan within minutes.  Scuba divers dove down 20
feet to the van the following day, attached cables to it, and removed it
from the lake.  The incident is under investigation.  [David Spirtes, CR,
NOCA, 6/23]

93-399 - Homestead (Nebraska) - Flooding

Cub Creek, which flows two and a half miles through the park, overflowed its
banks due to heavy rains near its headwaters on June 18th.  Approximately 50
acres of woodland were seriously flooded by swift moving water, and some low
portions of the prairie were inundated.  Park staff implemented ICS at 3
p.m. and began preparing sandbags.  Threatened structures included the circa
1867 log cabin, the maintenance shop area, and the south wing of the visitor
center complex, which houses the museum collection.  At 5:15 p.m., the creek
crested at four feet above flood stage.  No park structure was damaged, but
there was damage to parts of the visitor center grounds, which had been
newly sodded a week earlier, and to wayside exhibits and the living history
demonstration area and garden.  By 7 a.m. the following day, the creek had
dropped below flood stage, and mud had been cleaned from visitor center area
trails.  Damage to the woodlands area is moderate and limited to downed tree
limb and debris accumulation and some trail, soil and creek bank erosion. 
[Becky Dahle Lacome, ACR, HOME, 6/22]

93-400 - Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii) - Fuel Spill

An unknown amount of aviation fuel was spilled on a paved heliport in the
park during a refueling operation on the afternoon of June 20th.  The spill
covered an area measuring 13 by eight feet.  Hawaii civil defense was to be
notified and was expected to take appropriate action.  [Jack Minassian,
HAVO, 6/22]

93-401 - Everglades (Florida) - Illegal Dumping Arrests

During the first two weeks of June, rangers in the park's East Everglades
Subdistrict participated in an interagency task force to counter illegal
dumping activities occurring in designated wetlands in and around the park. 
The task force, coordinated by the FBI, included rangers and agents and
officers from the FBI, EPA, Metro-Dade police department, and Metro-Dade
environmental resources.  Four arrests were made, including one individual
who was illegally operating his own Hurricane Andrew debris removal service. 
The operation was closely coordinated with the U.S. attorney's office, which
plans to file felony charges against those arrested for filling wetlands
without a permit.  Operations involved 20 officers and a spotter aircraft. 
[Bob Panko, ACR, EVER, 6/22]

93-402 - Rocky Mountain (Colorado) - Car Clouts

Seven car clouts occurred in the Moraine Park campground between the hours
of 10 p.m. on June 20th and 6:30 a.m. on June 21st.  The thief or thieves
took mostly cash and left large, expensive items such as cameras behind. 
All vehicles were reported to be locked, and were apparently entered with a
slim-jim type lock opener.  There are no suspects at this time.  [Joe Evans,
CR, ROMO, 6/22]

93-403 - Chattahoochee (Georgia) - Drowning

P.K., 73, was seen entering the river in the Settles Bridge area of
the park just after 7 a.m. on June 23rd.  He was wearing fishing float gear. 
About 20 minutes later, other fishermen on the river saw him upside down in
the water.  They pulled him from the river and began CPR.  Ranger Lloyd
Morris arrived shortly thereafter and continued CPR until a county EMS unit
arrived on scene.  P.K. was taken to a hospital in Cumming, Georgia, where
he was pronounced dead.  [Ken Garvin, CR, CHAT, 6/23]

	[More pending incident reports tomorrow...]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/23     6/24    Status

 UT    BLM     Cedar City        Mill Creek        2,300     2,300   CL     

 AZ    USFS    Coronado          Graham
                                  Complex - T1       600       600   CN 6/24
       BLM     Arizona Strip     Cedar Wash - T2   6,650     7,407   CL 
       State   -               * Hot Dog               -       640   CL

 NM    BLM     Las Cruces        Park              2,240     2,240   CN 6/24
               Roswell           Bear                250       500   CN 6/27
       USFS    Cibola            Crosby              106       106   NEC

 FL    FWS     Okefenokee        Gnat Catcher - T1 5,711     5,711   CN 6/26

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
  CL - Controlled              MN - Being monitored
  CS - Confinement strategy    NEC - No estimate of containment
  CND - Contained              CN (date) - Expected date of containment

3) PARK FIRE REPORTS - 

* Alaska - There were seven fires burning in Alaska parks on June 22nd -
  three in Denali and four in Yukon-Charlie.  All are in the limited option
  areas, which means no resource values are at risk and no suppression
  activity (other than surveillance) is being taken.  Denali fires are
  7,600 acres (B236), 75 acres (B328), and 400 acres (B344); Yukon-
  Charlie fires are 1,680 acres (B357), 11 acres (B366), 30 acres (B371)
  and 50 acres (B372).

* Carlsbad Caverns - The Bear Fire made a major run south off of BLM
  land and into the park yesterday.  About 150 acres of park land have
  burned so far.  Eight crews, 30 overhead personnel, four airtankers
  and a helicopter have been committed to the fire.

* Lake Mead - The Christmas Fire has been controlled and contained.  
  Demobilization and mop-up are underway.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Two small fires - the Copper Creek and Buck Peak
  Fires - are burning in the Cedar Grove Subdistrict.  Both are prescribed
  natural fires and will be closely monitored.

4) ANALYSIS - Moderate initial attack activity occurred in the Southwest
yesterday and significant progress was reported on most large fires. 
Resource movement within the area was moderate; crews and overhead were
demobilized and reassigned.  Moderate activity continues in southern
California.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag warning for strong north to east winds, high
temperatures, and low humidities has been issued for the Sacramento Valley,
Mendocino NF, and areas of the West Coast.  Increased initial attack is
expected in the South.  Most of Arizona and New Mexico will continue to be
hot and dry; northeast and central New Mexico will see cooler temperatures
and some isolated thundershowers, which should minimize new starts and aid
in the containment of existing fires.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/24]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd on fire reviews at Yellowstone and Glacier
(6/21-6/27); Erskine at fire review at Yellowstone (6/23-6/25); Cook at
extreme fire behavior workshop (6/20-6/25); Swain at administrative workshop
(6/14-6/25); Gale and Broyles at incident management training exercise
development meeting (6/21-6/26).

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