RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Tuesday, June 29, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-414 - Rocky Mountain (Colorado) - Fraud

A telecommunications specialist for the state of New York has advised the
park that several international telephone calls have been routed through the
New York state system to the park and billed to them.  The park phone system
consists of an AT&T System 75 and an AT&T 6386/SX Work Group System, also
known as an "automated attendant."  The caller obtained an outside line
through the automated attendant, then made the unauthorized international
calls.  AT&T has initiated corrective action to block the park telephone
lines to third party and collect calls.  The cost associated with the
unauthorized calls could reach $40,000.  The case will be investigated with
the assistance of the Secret Service.  [Kris Holien, ROMO, and Brian Reilly,
RLES, RMRO, 6/28]

93-415 - Denali (Alaska) - Rescue

J.R., 63, of Toledo, Ohio, began suffering seizures at the Sheldon
Mountain House cabin on the Ruth Glacier early in the afternoon of June
23rd.  Members of his party employed a CB radio to reach climbers on the
summit of Mount McKinley, who then relayed the message to park rangers.  The
first fixed wing flight to the cabin, located at about the 5,700-foot
elevation on the southeast flank of the mountain, had to turn back because
of poor weather.  The Service's rescue helicopter was then used to fly up
the glacier, but still had to land twice to wait for better visibility. 
J.R. was eventually evacuated to a fixed wing plane flown by Jay Hudson,
who finally reached the Mountain House.  Rangers were assisted by Talkeetna
EMT III Terry Mangione.  J.R. was flown to Talkeetna, then transferred to
a hospital in Anchorage.  [John Quinley, PAO, ARO, 6/28]

93-416 - Mount Rainier (Washington) - Rescue

On the evening of June 27th, V.P., 25, and T.S., 20, were
scrambling up a steep rock slope near Cougar Rock campground when both fell
an undetermined distance.  Campers advised rangers that they'd heard a rock
slide somewhere above them in the quarry area around 8:30 p.m., and that
they'd heard a cry for help about two hours later.  Responding rangers
ascertained that V.P. had sustained severe head injuries, and that
T.S., his nephew, had probably fractured one of his legs.  A hasty
team, which was comprised of 15 park personnel, two Rainier Mountaineering
employees, and an unspecified number of Fire District 23 employees,
initiated a technical rescue.  Fixed lines were utilized for the descent, as
the accident site was several hundred vertical feet above the nearest
access.  Due to the nature of V.P.'s injury, a MAST helicopter was
requested.  The pilot employed night vision goggles to land the helicopter
at the Kautz Creek heliport and evacuate V.P.  At the time of the report,
he had undergone three hours of surgery, but there was no word on his
condition.  T.S. was released from the hospital with contusions to his
back and one leg.  Alcohol may have been a contributing factor.  [R. Bell,
MORA, 6/28]

93-417 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Boating Accident; Serious Injury

K.H., 14, of Orem, Utah, and J.E., 23, of Provo, Utah, were
jet skiing near Stanton Creek about two miles from Bullfrog Marina on the
morning of June 25th when K.H. fell from her one-person craft and was struck
by J.E..  K.H. was rushed to the clinic in Bullfrog, then flown to Salt
Lake City by Blanding Airlife.  She is being treated for a ruptured spleen. 
Citations were issued to J.E. for several watercraft violations.  [Larry
Clark, CR, GLCA, 6/28]

93-418 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Boating Accident; Fatality

Late on the afternoon of Saturday, June 26th, twelve-year-old C.L.P.
and her eight-year old cousin B.S., both from Colorado,
were playing on a small raft near their families' houseboat in a small cove
about 16 miles south of Bullfrog Marina when they were struck by a jet ski
operated by a twelve-year-old boy in their group.  B.S. was wearing a
life jacket and was able to stay afloat; C.L.P., who normally wore a life
jacket, did not have one, and sank beneath the lake's surface.  When B.S.
was pulled from the water by bystanders, she was not breathing.  Her father
administered CPR for about 30 seconds before she resumed breathing on her
own.  She was flown by Classic Lifeguard helicopter to Page and then to
Phoenix Children's Hospital, where she remains in critical condition from
multiple skull fractures and near drowning.  Diving operations were begun
late in the day to find C.L.P.'s body.  At the time of the report, five NPS
and three concessions divers were working in approximately 75 feet of water
in the small cove.  Relief divers and an ROV - an underwater vehicle with
lights and video camera - had been requested from the K.C. Johnson
Foundation, a non-profit organization established by the parents of a child
who drowned in the lake to assist others with similar misfortunes. 
Investigation of the incident is underway in conjunction with the Kane
County sheriff's office.  [Larry Clark, CR, GLCA, 6/28]

93-419 - Indiana Dunes (Indiana) - Assault

On June 28th, rangers responded to a report of an assault in progress on a
16-year-old woman by a group of ten to twelve members of a Chicago-based
gang known as the Latin Kings.  Gang members had isolated the girl from her
friends and one member began grabbing her in a sexual manner.  Other gang
members created a general disturbance, including climbing the lifeguard
stands, as a distraction.  Law enforcement rangers contacted the group; when
they refused to cooperate, assistance was requested and received from local
police.  One juvenile and two adults were arrested by rangers for disorderly
conduct and public intoxication.  Other charges may follow pending further
investigation.  [Joni Jones, INDU, 6/28]

93-420 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Probable Drowning

Around 6 p.m. on June 26th, J.H.P., 21, was wading with family
members in the cold and turbulent water of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah
River immediately behind the park's headquarters complex.  All but J.H.P.
exited the river; he apparently waded out a little further and was swept
away by the swift current.  A search was immediately begun by ground teams
and a contract helicopter, but they were unable to find any sign of him. 
The search was continuing at the time of the report on Sunday.  J.H.P. is
presumed to have drowned.  About two hours before the search for J.H.P. began,
two other visitors were swept away by the current in the same general area,
but they managed to extricate themselves from the water.  [Peter Allen,
SEKI, 6/28]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/28      6/29   Status

 OR    BLM     Prineville        Cordwood            600+      600   CND    

 CA    CDF     Lassen-Modoc      Gallatin            300       300   CND    
       USFS    Plumas          * Antelope              -       100   NEC
       BLM     Cal Desert      * Powerline             -       326   CL

 AZ    BIA     Pima            * Buick                 -     2,500   CND

 FL    FWS     Okefenokee        Gnat Catcher      5,711     5,711   CND    

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 - 

* Mesa Verde - The helicopter has been released from the Peidra Pead Fire
  and is now back in the park.  

* Rocky Mountain - A dozen firefighters and one overhead person have been
  sent to a fire on the Colorado/Wyoming border.

* Great Smokies - The park has a 15-acre fire - only a third of it on 
  park land - which began on the 27th and was contained yesterday.  Eight
  overhead personnel and 26 firefighters were committed.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - The Buck Peak Fire is reported to be quite active.
  Accurate acreage will be determined after recon.
  
4) ANALYSIS - Since the majority of large fires in the Southwest have been
contained and most units are reporting only moderate initial attack,
demobilization of resources from the area has increased.  Initial attack
continues to be moderate in southern California and southwest Colorado, but
has involved some use of air tankers in California's north zone.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag watch remains in effect for dry thunderstorms in
southeast Arizona.  The Southwest will be mostly sunny and slightly cooler,
with widely scattered thunderstorms over the mountains.  Demobilization is
expected to continue.  Moderate initial attack is anticipated in southern
California and southwest Colorado as there will be little change in
temperatures or relative humidities in those two areas.  Widely scattered
mountain thunderstorms are forecast for southwest Colorado.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/28]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Kenai Fjords (Alaska) - Archeological Survey

A National Archeological Survey Initiative (NASI) crew comprised of
archeologists and geomorphologists began field work recently aboard the NPS
vessel Serac.  The five-year pilot project will focus on the coastal park
lands located in south-central and southeastern Alaska.  The study will
focus on the compilation and assessment of existing archeological,
geomorphological and paleoenvironmental data to assist in the inventory,
evaluation and preservation of cultural resources.  A GIS relational
database will be developed to aid in the formulation of a survey strategy
and to interpret survey results.  This summer's field work will be
concentrated in Kenai Fjords and will be assisted by park staff.  [John
Quinley, PAO, ARO]

UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The following activities will be taking place in Congress during coming
weeks on matters pertaining to the National Park Service.  If you would like
further information on any of these hearings or bills, please contact Dottie
in WASO Legislation at 202-208-3636.

          *** No NPS-related activities currently scheduled ***

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at Branch of Fire and Aviation Management's annual
planning session (6/28-7/1).

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

Branch of Fire and Aviation: All staff at branch planning session (6/28-
7/2).

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