RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Tuesday, July 13, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-426 - Jefferson National Expansion (Missouri) - Follow-up on Flooding

Members of one of Midwest Region's SET teams are arriving in the park and
being deployed to assist park staff in controlling crowds, parking and
traffic (waiting times of up to 90 minutes to enter and exit the park's
garage have occurred); providing a higher law enforcement presence, which
has been required by the influx of panhandlers and vagrants drawn by large
crowds; and assuring visitor safety along the river's waterline, which is
now about half way up the Grand Staircase.  A second SET team has been
placed on alert for possible activation to either support or relieve the
first team.  Contingency plans and actions underway include the acquisition
of life jackets and other water rescue items and the staging of backup pumps
and drain hoses in the Arch tram loading areas and the IMAX theater.  [Deryl
Stone, CR, JEFF, 7/12] 

93-470 - Timpanogos Cave (Utah) - Drowning

Just before 5 p.m. on July 8th, M.F., age six, slipped and fell
into the American Fork River while playing along the bank.  His father,
B.F., 39, saw him fall in and immediately jumped into the river in
an attempt to rescue him.  He was unable to reach the boy, lost visual
contact with him, then had to pull himself from the river in the park's
residential area because the current was extremely fast and dangerous. 
Rangers immediately began a search along the river throughout the park and
were soon supported by Utah County sheriff's office SAR and by personnel
from the adjacent Uinta National Forest.  The search is continuing along the
river for three miles below the point last seen.  An incident command post
has been set up at a picnic area inside the park.  Efforts to recover the
body are being hindered by water levels much higher than normal for mid0
summer.  [Mike Tranel, CR, TICA, 7/12] 

93-471 - Lassen Volcanic (California) - Search

Rangers received a report early on the evening of July 10th that L.F.
and his three-and-a-half year old daughter were overdue from a hike
from the Bumpass Hell parking lot to the Kings Creek picnic area.  A hasty
search was initiated, but had to be halted due to deep snow and very icy
conditions.  The next morning, a search was begun which involved three CARDA
dog teams, two helicopters, and personnel from the Forest Service, Shasta
County SAR, and the NPS.  A total of 110 people were dedicated to the
effort.  L.F. and his daughter were found at 9:30 a.m. near the park's
south boundary by rangers Chris Schmidt and Jean Salazar.  The two rangers
were working as a containment team and were assigned to an area of high
probability due to terrain and a past history of lost persons in the area. 
L.F. had twisted his knee during a fall on a steep side hill; his
daughter was in good condition.  The two were evacuated by helicopter to
Manzanita Lake and reunited with their family.  [CRO, LAVO, 7/12]

               [More pending incident reports tomorrow...]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              7/12      7/13   Status

 CO    USFS    Pike and 
                San Isabel       South Lake - T2     310       310   CN 7/13
               Arapaho and
                Roosevelt        Snowcap - T2        150       300   CND    
       BLM     Craig             Sunbeam           8,000    12,410   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 - A helicopter and crew have been committed to a fire near
  Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

* Rocky Mountain - The Alpine IHC has been dispatched to the South Lake fire
  near Canon City, Colorado; other firefighters and overhead have been sent
  to the Snow Top fire.

* Fort Caroline - The Burton Island fire is burning on Timucuan Preserve,
  which is administered by the park.  At the time of the report, the 
  lightning-caused fire had burned about 30 acres, but was not expected to
  increase in size.  

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - The Buck Peak fire may threaten a historical site
  and is currently under evaluation.  The fire intensity has diminished, but
  it is making some runs.

4) ANALYSIS - Initial attack activity increased in the Rockies and southern
California yesterday.  Resource demobilization from the Southwest is in
progress.  Support dispatchers have been provided to assist FEMA's
Washington office on Mississippi River flood-related operations.

5) PROGNOSIS - Near red flag conditions have been posted for southern Utah
for afternoon and evening thunderstorms over the mountains.  Isolated
afternoon and evening thunderstorms are forecast for the central Rockies,
southeast Arizona, and southern and eastern New Mexico.  Northern and
western Arizona can expect hot, dry weather, with southwest winds between 15
and 25 mph.  Initial attack activity will likely continue in Utah, the
Rockies and southern California.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 7/13]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

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.

7/15

House Natural Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and
Public Lands [Vento] and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
[Studds]: Hearing on H.R. 1845, establishment of the National
Biological Survey.

7/22

House Natural Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and
Public Lands [Vento]: Hearing on H.R. 693, Crater Lake NP studies;
H.R. 2496, to establish the Abraham Lincoln Research Center; H.R.
2297, remove land acquisition restrictions at Cumberland Gap NHP; H.R.
1348, to establish the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers National
Heritage Corridor.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Hearing on S. 471, New Parks
Study Act; S. 472, to improve the administration and management of
public lands, national forests, units of the National Park System and
related areas by improving the availability of adequate, appropriate,
affordable and cost-effective housing for employees needed to
effectively manage the public lands.

7/29

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Hearing on S. 150, to provide
assistance in the preservation of Taliesin, a Frank Lloyd Wright home
in Wisconsin; S. 278, to establish Wounded Knee as a national
memorial; S. 492/H.R. 240, to provide protection for Bodie Bowl, a
National Historic Landmark; S. 845, Truman Farm addition.

8/3

Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Hearing on S. 297, Air Force
Memorial in Washington, D.C.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry at SFAR oversight group
meeting (7/14-15); Dickerhoof on AL (7/12) and at visitor management and
resource protection assessment program meeting (7/14-16); Smith on AL (7/1214).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Gale on extended attack analysis of project
fire migration at GUMO, ELMA and LAMR (7/12-16); Botti at national park and
wilderness fire management meeting (7/12-16); Farrel at wildland/urban
interface initiative meeting (7/12-16).

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