RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, September 16, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-710 - Delaware Water Gap (New Jersey/Pennsylvania) - Hazardous Materials

On September 15th, a maintenance worker who was collecting trash found five
red plastic bags labeled "Biological Hazard" in a trash can at the Tom's
Creek picnic area in the park's Pennsylvania District.  Other labels
indicated that the bags contained body fluids.  There were no markings
indicating their origin.  During the investigation, the maintenance worker
told rangers that he'd seen similar red bags before, but that he hadn't paid
any attention to their contents.  Rangers accordingly suspect that the
dumping has been going on for some time.  The bags were turned over to local
authorities and the investigation continues.  [Chris Andress, RCR, RAD/MARO,
9/15] 

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              9/15      9/16   Status

 UT    USFS    Manti-Lasal       Flat Canyon         225       225   CS     

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) ANALYSIS - There was some initial attack in the Great Basin yesterday,
but the rest of the nation was quiet.

4) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to remain minimal.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 9/16]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at Ranger Futures meeting (9/13-9/17).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Halainen at uniform contract
meeting (9/15); Marriott and Berkowitz on travel (9/13-9/17); Henry at SFAR
oversight meeting (9/15-9/17); Sisto on AL (9/13-9/14).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles at CDF academy and NWCG meeting (9/13-
9/16); Zimmerman at prescribed fire and fire effects working team meeting
(9/15-9/19); Gale at incident management consortium meeting (9/13-9/14).


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