RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, December 13, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-848 - Voyageurs (Minnesota) - Employee Death

Roger Hanson, the park's carpenter, died of a heart attack on Thursday,
December 9th.  Roger had taken leave for a doctor's visit for a problem with
his knees, then went home after the visit.  When he began experiencing chest
pains, he called his wife, and she called an ambulance.  After initial
treatment at the hospital in International Falls, Roger was airlifted to
Duluth, where he passed away.  He leaves his wife and a new baby.  [Bruce
McKeeman, CR, VOYA, 12/10]

93-849 - Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) - Shooting Incident; Theft

The park received a report of gunshots being fired directly behind park
quarters early on the afternoon of December 5th.  The responding ranger
arrived at the scene in time to see two individuals - K.S. and F.S. -
discharging blackpowder weapons.  The two fled, but were soon caught
along with a third person.  Three blackpowder rifles and three blackpowder
revolvers were confiscated, and their vehicle was impounded for license tag
violations.  A weapons check through NCIC revealed that three of the weapons
were stolen.  When the S.s returned for their vehicle on December 7th,
they were met and questioned by a Clarke County detective.  They confessed
to the theft of the weapons during a reenactment held near Winchester,
Virginia, last October.  The two stated that they enjoyed planning and
carrying out "raids" on Union reenactment groups during their encampments. 
Following their confession, they were arrested by a Harpers Ferry officer
for bringing stolen property into the state of West Virginia.  The pair also
face indictment in the state of Virginia.  The park is working with an
assistant U.S. attorney on the disposition of the remaining three weapons. 
[HAFE, 12/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry at aircraft overflight
contracting meetings (12/10-12/17); Dickerhoof at FLETC meeting (12/12-
12/18).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Erskine and Farrel at structural fire program
review (12/15-12/17); Zimmerman instructing RX340 (12/9-12/16).


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