- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Wednesday, August 10, 1994
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Wednesday, August 10, 1994
Broadcast: By 0930 ET
INCIDENTS
94-453 - Statue of Liberty (New York) - Sexual Assault
On May 25th, J.C., 18, and a juvenile male, 16, both of Brooklyn,
were arrested by ranger Steve Connor for aggravated assault, forcible
fondling, intimidation, and possession of a concealed weapon. The two, who
were part of a class trip to Liberty Island, had repeatedly made physical
contact with two juvenile females, ages 13 and 14, both of Parkchester, New
York, who were from a different school. The juvenile male also took a
seven-inch knife from his pocket, waved it around, rubbed it against one of
the girls legs, and made threatening and obscene statements. The U.S.
Attorney's Office requested that a police line-up be conducted for
identification purposes. On July 26th, a line-up was conducted by rangers
at the U.S. Marshal's line-up facility in Manhattan. One of the victims
attended and positively identified the juvenile male as her assailant; the
father of the second victim was unable to bring his daughter to New York for
the line-up. Formal charges will now be filed on the juvenile male for
aggravated sexual abuse (18 USC 2241). [Scott Pfeninger, CR, STLI]
94-454 - Death Valley (California) - Body Found
On August 6th, rangers received word that a body had been found at the
10,000-foot elevation on the Telescope Peak trail. The victim, subsequently
identified as B.P., 65, of Sherman Oaks, California, was listed as a
missing person by Glendale police. He'd been dead about 12 hours. The Inyo
County coroner is conducting an autopsy to determine cause of death. [CRO,
DEVA, 8/8]
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - V
2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire 8/9 8/10 Status
WA USFS Wenatchee NF Tyee Comp. - T1 121,400 121,850 CN 8/10
Hatchery
Comp. - T1 31,410 32,727 CN 8/12
Okanogan NF Okanogan Comp. -
T1 and two T2 16,045 16,045 CN 8/8
Colville NF Copper Butte - T1 10,650 10,650 CN 8/12
BIA Yakima Agency Klickitat
Comp. - T1 5,000 5,000 CND
Lakebeds - T2 6,600 6,600 CND
OR USFS Wall.-Whit. NF Snake River
Comp. - T2 3,826 3,925 CN 8/14
Malheur NF Indian Rocks 1,420 1,420 CN 8/11
Okanogan NF Methow Comp. - T2 4,200 4,200 NEC
MT State - Chamberlin - T2 1,323 1,362 CN 8/11
USFS Bitterroot NF Trail - T2 360 360 CN 8/12
* Border - 132 NEC
* Bitter-Nez - T2 - 160 NEC
FWS CM Russell NWR CK Creek 10,223 10,223 CN 8/11
UT BLM SLC Dis. East Harker 12,456 12,456 CN 8/10
USFS Fishlake NF Black Willow 12,000 12,000 CN 8/13
Was.-Cache NF Edgar - T2 3,400 3,954 CND
ID USFS Boise NF Idaho City
Comp. - T1 8,460 11,040 NEC
* Thunderbolt - T2 - 550 CN 8/12
Payette NF Blackwell Comp. -
T1 10,400 17,000 NEC
Corral Creek - T2 32,000 29,000 NEC
Clearwater NF Freezeout 400 450 NEC
Sam Group - T2 NR 400 CN 8/14
Idaho Pan. NF St Joe Fires - T2 420 425 NEC
Salmon NF * Powerline - 375 NEC
BLM Idaho Fall Dis. Big Grassy 800 800 CND
WY NPS Yellowstone NP Tern 487 560 NEC
CA NPS Yosemite NP * Horizon - 1,650 CN 8/15
USFS Klamath NF Dillon Comp. - T2 17,812 17,962 CN 8/14
State - Kelsey 800 860 CN 8/10
- Grapevine 1,000 400 CND
- * Creek - 125 NEC
NV BLM Ely Dis. Kern 2,000 2,000 CN 8/11
Carson City Dis. Holbrook 7,000 6,500 CN 8/10
Las Vegas Dis. Browncrest 750 1,900 CN 8/10
AZ USFS Coconino NF Lost Comp. - T2 2,005 2,005 CN 8/9
Tonto NF Bee 1,000 2,200 CND
Lincoln NF * Road - 1,000 CND
BIA San Carlos Ag. Hooker Gap 428 428 CN 8/8
State - Bozarth 1,200 1,200 CND
BLM Arizona Strip
Dis. * Cottonwood - 700 CN 8/8
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 NEC - No estimate of containment
CND - Contained CN/CS (date) - Expected date of containment
3) FIRES YESTERDAY -
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Number 9 12 10 0 70 73 174
Acres Burned 2,210 198 59 0 5,626 1,457 9,550
4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 568 289 101 15 3,005
Non-federal 144 244 22 6 1,598
5) COMPARATIVE SUMMARY -
CY 1994 Five Year Average
Year-to-Date Year-to-Date
Number of Fires 52,779 49,369
Acres Burned 2,357,167 1,854,191
6) OVERALL SITUATION - Initial attack activity moderated in all areas
yesterday. Large fires in central Idaho continued to experience erratic
fire behavior and increases in size. Demobilization is increasing from the
Northwest as fires are contained.
7) NPS SITUATION - Tropical Storm Hector brought rain to the Southwest and
to lower sections of Rocky Mountain Region, which helped moderate fire
dangers. Big Bend and Sequoia/Kings Canyon are still reporting extreme fire
danger. Elsewhere in the NPS:
* Crater Lake - The park currently has two fires. The largest is the 155-
acre Desert Ridge fire. Firefighters and a helicopter are working the hot
spots. An hour's hike is required to reach the fire, which is being fueled
by old growth and hemlock. The other fire, Redcone II, is being managed
under a containment/confinement strategy.
* Olympic - The Griff 2 fire is giving firefighters some problems as it
backs downhill due to steep terrain. Continued helicopter support and
additional firefighters were employed, as the fire is along a Forest Service
boundary.
* Yellowstone - The 560-acre Tern fire is the largest of three burning in
the park; only 230 acres within its perimeter have actually burned. It is
confined and being monitored. The Pelican fire has burned 81 acres and is
30 percent contained.
* Yosemite - There was a significant gain of 325 acres Monday on the Horizon
prescribed natural fire. Two spot fires resulted and both were picked up;
the largest is three acres. Additional personnel have been assigned to
secure the area in which the fire made its run.
8) OUTLOOK - Fire activity in the West is expected to moderate, and
continued progress is expected on large fires. A major demobilization of
resources from the Northwest could occur by the end of the week. Fire
activity may increase in California and western Nevada as temperatures rise
in those areas.
[NIFCC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/10; Jeanie Harris, NPS fire
situation coordinator, Branch of Fire and Aviation Management, 8/9]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No field reports today.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No notes.
MEMORANDA
No memoranda.
Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation
and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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