RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Tuesday, August 24, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

                        *** NOTICE ***
       There will be no morning reports the rest of the week.
            They will resume on Monday, August 30th.

INCIDENTS

93-625 - Glacier Bay (Alaska) - Follow-up on Ship Grounding

The cruise ship Yorktown Clipper, which ran aground on Geikie Rock in 
Glacier Bay last week, will probably be ready to move out of the bay
sometime this morning.  The Coast Guard inspected repairs on the 22nd and
required that additional work on damaged internal structural components be
completed before the ship was moved.  They are also requiring that the
following be on the ship when it moves - four water pumps, 500 feet of
absorbent boom, two electricians, a welder, two or three Coast Guard
personnel, and two ship construction experts, one of whom was the foreman in
charge of the ship's construction.  A salvage barge with another 5,000 feet
of absorbent boom will follow the ship.  Contingency plans have been written
to prepare for the possibility of the incident escalating or becoming more
complex, especially while the ship is being moved out of the bay.  These
plans address the potential for adverse effects on the natural resources as
well as how to prevent, monitor and mitigate them. [Bill Gabbert, GLBA,
8/23]

93-627 - Olympic (Washington) - Shooting

A ranger and several park visitors heard numerous shots in the Staircase
area of the park around 5 p.m. on August 14th.  Investigation revealed that
the shots had not come from bear hunters on adjacent Forest Service land, as
was first thought likely.  Upon return to the park, the investigating ranger
discovered that G.L., 24, of Eppingen, West Germany, had
sustained a small gunshot wound to the head.  Rangers found entry and exit
wounds on the left side of G.L.'s forehead.  First aid was administered
and the Staircase area was closed to all incoming and exiting traffic until
a thorough search of the area was completed.  Several other rangers
stationed in the area responded, swept the area, and located several freshly
spent .40 caliber casings and empty 12 gauge shotgun shells - but no
suspects.  A nearby sign was also found to have recently been shot. 
Leibhart was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Olympia, where a small
suspected shotgun pellet was removed from the wound.  G.L. had been in
the country less than 24 hours when he was shot.  The Staircase area was
reopened around 9 p.m.  The incident is still under investigation.  [Kym
Ulin, OLYM, 8/23]

93-628 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Burglary

During the evening of August 15th, a thief or thieves forcibly entered the
park's temporary maintenance facilities.  They kicked in two padlocked doors
and stole hand and power tools valued at $4,600.  An investigation is 
underway.  [Jonathan Schafler, CR, SAJU, 8/20]

93-629 - Blue Ridge (North Carolina/Virginia) - EMS Incident; Life Saved

On August 15th, a 33-year-old wrecker operator was in the process of
removing a vehicle from a steep embankment near the parkway when he
collapsed and went into a seizure.  Ranger Paula Wells, a certified cardiac
technician, was handling the investigation; following a medical assessment
of the situation, Well attempted to start an IV on the wrecker driver.  The
effort failed when the operator went into severe convulsions and pulled the
IV from his arm.  It eventually took seven people to hold the patient down
so Wells could continue her work and restart the IV.  The situation became
more grave when all vital signs were lost and could not be monitored even
with the equipment that arrived on the responding ambulance.  Wells
continued her work on the patient, though, and was rewarded with a response
a few minutes later.  She continued to maintain the patient until he was
stabilized enough for transport.  The wrecker operator was conscious when he
was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital, and was in stable condition at
the time of the report.  [Larry Freeman, BLRI, 8/20]

93-630 - Olympic (Washington) - EMS Incident; Life Saved

Around noon on August 15th, ranger Matt Spelsberg received a report of a
visitor in anaphylactic shock from a bee sting about a half mile up the
Rapid Stoop trail in the park's Staircase area.  He found R.S.,
29, of Long Beach, California, semi-conscious and breathing shallowly. 
Spelsberg administered epinephrine, benadryl and oxygen until an ambulance
arrived.  Paramedics transported him to a local hospital.  R.S. had never
experienced such a reaction to a bee sting, and was not prepared for the
reaction he experienced.  Doctors said that R.S. would likely have died
if Spelsberg had not administered medication in such a timely manner,  [Kym
Ulin, OLYM, 8/23]

93-631 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Assault; Illegal Weapon

Around 9:30 a.m. on the morning of August 19th, rangers received a report of
a man - later identified as J.G. of Fayetteville, West Virginia -
shooting a sawed-off shotgun and threatening people in the Cunard Landing
area along the New River.  Maintenance worker F.B. contacted rangers
by radio and kept J.G., who was on foot, in sight for approximately 30
minutes until rangers arrived on scene.  Without F.B.'s prompt action,
J.G. would have escaped.  J.G. was apprehended by rangers just after 11
a.m.  He was found to be in possession of a ten-inch filet knife and a
sawed-off 7.62mm rifle (originally reported as a shotgun) with one round in
the chamber.  The rifle, which had a barrel length of just under nine inches
and an overall length of just under 19 inches, was being carried in a small
suitcase/box.  J.G. also had pornographic magazines and girl's underpants
in his possession.  Upon investigation, it was learned that J.G. is a
convicted felon with charges of gross sexual imposition against him in the
state of Ohio, that he's been arrested in the past for rape and kidnapping,
and that he's a member of the Hell's Angels.  J.G. has been charged with
possession of an illegal firearm, which is a felony; he'll also be charged
with assault with a deadly weapon, threatening, and being a felon in
possession of a firearm.  Rangers are investigating the possibility of a
sexual assault which may have occurred the night before, when J.G.
allegedly accosted two women campers in the Cunard area.  It was this
incident that led to his use of the illegal weapon.  [Rick Brown, NERI,
8/22]

FIRE ACTIVITY

Preparedness Level I.  Little activity being reported nationwide.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady on travel (8/23-8/27).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Berkowitz conducting weapons
tests at FLETC (8/25-9/5); Marriott (8/25-9/5) and Halainen (8/23-8/27) on
AL.

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd on hazard fuel project site review (8/23-
8/27); Erskine and Farrel at structural fire review (8/23-8/27); Gale at
Guadalupe Mountains fire review (8/23-8/25); Botti on AL (8/23-6/27).

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