NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, May 9, 1994

Broadcast: By 0930 ET

INCIDENTS

94-209 - Denali (Alaska) - Commercial Use Violations

The Service has taken action against two men for conducting illegal guide
services on Mount McKinley.  W.M., 32, of Talkeetna, registered to
take two clients to the West Buttress, though he had limited experience in
high-altitude expeditions and his clients had no mountaineering experience. 
The citation, issued on May 1st, alleges that W.M., who had no permit to
lead commercial trips, was receiving compensation for heading up the
expedition.  The clients, both physicians from Georgia, returned home
without climbing the mountain.  In an unrelated incident the same day,
R.B., 32, of Munich, Germany, was also found to be illegally
running a commercial operation.  Rangers found that R.B., through a
company called Amical, had advertised extensively and had coached his
clients on what to say if questioned.  R.B. admitted to rangers that he
was the paid guide for the group, and was turned over to federal Immigration
and Naturalization Service officials.  He spent the night in jail, then
returned to Germany.  His clients included some very experienced
mountaineers; they were permitted to continue their McKinley trip.  The NPS
may take action against Amical.  [John Quinley, PAO, ARO, 5/8]

94-210 - Denali (Alaska) - Rescue

A.C. and C.C. were in a party of five climbing the northwest
variation of the west ridge of Mount Hunter on May 5th when they were caught
in an avalanche and injured.  Members of the party tentatively diagnosed
A.C. as suffering from a broken leg and C.C. as having sustained a chest
puncture.  The accident was reported at 7 p.m. and help was requested. 
Cloudy weather prevented the park's rescue helicopter from reaching the
climbers, but two rescue teams with seven climbers reached the injured
climbers later that night.  Team members stabilized the two men and moved
them to the base camp on Kahiltna Glacier, where they were flown off on
Friday afternoon by Hudson Air Service.  [John Quinley, PAO, ARO, 5/8]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire               5/6       5/9   Status

 AZ    NPS      Saguaro        * Mother's Day          -     1,000   CN 5/11

 FL    State  --               Basshole          7,000    80,000   CND   

 NM    BLM      Las Cruces     * Sandy                 -       220   CND

 NV    BLM      Las Vegas      * Overton               -       200   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 - Fire activity increased in the Southwest and the East
yesterday.

4) PROGNOSIS - There will be cooler temperatures, scattered showers and wet
thunderstorms in the Southwest, which should decrease initial attack
activity.  There will also be scattered showers and thunderstorms in
Tennessee and Louisiana.  Areas around the Great Lakes are reporting high to
very high fire dangers, high temperatures, and low humidity; fire activity
there is accordingly expected to intensify.

[NIFC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/9]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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