RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Tuesday, November 2, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-788 - Olympic (Washington) - Shooting Incident Conviction

On October 29th, plea agreements were reached with P.W. and S.B.
of Forks, Washington, for the shooting of the Mora ranger
station and the endangerment of a seasonal ranger naturalist who was in the
building at the time.  The incident occurred on September 1st and caused
extensive damage to the station, both inside and out, and destroyed a nearby
pay telephone and street light.  The ranger was not hurt.  The two men
pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and vandalism; a charge of
possessing a weapon in a national park was dismissed.  Each was sentenced to
six months in jail (suspended) and 200 hours of community service and
ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, about $500 in restitution to the park, and
another $350 to the local phone company.  The two would not have been
apprehended if ranger Bob Lineback hadn't immediately set up a road block on
the main road to the Mora area after he heard the shots fired.  [Kym Hunter,
OLYM, 11/1]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              11/1    11/2  Status

 CA    NPS     Ventura County &
               Santa Monica Mts. Green Meadow      42,644  42,644   CND     
       County  Ventura           Steckle           26,500  26,500   CND     
       State   San Diego         Guejito           20,722  20,722   CND     
 CA    USFS    Angeles           Kinneloa - T1      5,700   5,700   CND    
               Cleveland         Ortega - T1       20,500  20,500   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 - Containment strategy    NEC - No estimate of containment
  CND - Contained              CN (date) - Expected date of containment

3) ANALYSIS - Initial attack activity was minimal nationwide yesterday. 
Significant progress was made on all fires due to favorable weather. 
Demobilization of some resources is underway from fires in southern
California.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag warning has been issued for the Sacramento Valley
and central California for low humidity and gusty north to east winds which
should reach 15 to 30 mph with locally higher gusts.  Red flag watches and
warnings have also been issued for southern California for strong northeast
winds - 20 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph - and low relative humidity. 
Those conditions are expected to persist on Wednesday.  The potential for
escaped initial attack and large fires will increase with the onset of
predicted high winds.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 11/2]

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.

November 3

Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands, National
Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Hearing on S. 297, to authorize the Air Force
Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia.

November 6

Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands, National
Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Field hearing on mining activities in units of
the National Park System, Anchorage, Alaska.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Dickerhoof at Pacific Northwest
chief rangers' conference and on park site visits (11/1-11/4); Marriott at
Alaska chief rangers' conference (11/2-11/6).  

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles at faculty meeting for fire management
for agency administrators (11/1-11/5); Farrel at federal fire forum meeting
(11/1-11/4); Botti, Berg and Clark at FIREPRO steering committee meeting
(11/1-11/6); Zimmerman at post-season fire management meeting with BLM
(11/1-11/2); Crabtree at information management committee meeting (11/2-
11/5).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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