- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Friday, August 19, 1994
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Friday, August 19, 1994
Broadcast: By 0930 ET
INCIDENTS
94-475 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Follow-up on Bomb Threat
Following his arrest on Tuesday, J.P. refused to tell investigating
rangers his motive for making the bomb threat at the Mammoth Family Clinic.
Investigators were able to determine, however, that J.P. had entered the
Federal Credit Union at Mammoth Hot Springs the day before and had said to
the manager: "This is a stick up. Give me all your money." The manager
knew J.P., who had an account there; he believed that J.P. was intoxicated
but unarmed, so refused. J.P. backed off on his robbery threat, closed out
his account, and departed. Rangers also learned that J.P. had entered the
clinic earlier on Tuesday, that he appeared intoxicated at that time, and
that he made a statement to a clinic employee to the effect that he wanted
to be committed for psychiatric evaluation. After consultation with the
U.S. Attorney's Office, the case was prosecuted as a petty offense, in part
because J.P. was known to the clinic staff and they did not feel threatened
or intimidated by the bomb threat. J.P. appeared before the U.S. magistrate
on August 17th and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He was fined $510
and sentenced to 90 days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended
contingent upon J.P. paying the fine and staying out of the park for three
years. [Mike Murray, ACR, YELL, 8/18]
94-481 - Shenandoah (Virginia) - Rescue
Rangers responded to a report of a fall with possible head injuries near the
summit of Hawksbill Mountain at 2 a.m. on August 16th. They contacted a
group of nine juveniles and young adults who were camping in the restricted
area near a shelter at Byrds Nest and determined that J.N. of
Fairfax, Virginia, had suffered the injuries in a fall of about 40 feet from
the summit, but that none of them were life threatening. He was evacuated
and taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center by ambulance.
Another member of the party, J.M., also of Fairfax, was arrested
for public intoxication, and eight others were issued citations for
resource, alcohol and controlled substance violations. Twelve rangers from
the North and Central Districts responded to the incident. (Central District
Leader, SHEN, 8/18)
94-482 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Drowning
Around 9 a.m. on August 12th, rangers received a report that a person had
gone over Sandstone Falls on New River; a unified command was quickly
established, park and local units responded, and a bank and river search was
initiated. Rangers, maintenance workers, 11 divers, two ambulance
companies, four volunteer fire departments and a contract helicopter
participated in the search, which ended just before 5 p.m. with the recovery
of the body of a 16-year-old L.M. of Rhodell, West Virginia. The
victim had not gone over the falls, but had instead fallen out of a boat
which capsized at the base of the falls. None of the three occupants of the
boat was wearing a life jacket, but L.M. floated about 200 yards
downstream holding onto a loose life jacket before he suddenly disappeared.
When his body was found, divers had to free it by cutting a fish stringer
loose from his belt which was caught on a submerged log. [Chris Schrader,
CI, NERI, 8/17]
94-483 - Great Smokies (North Carolina/Tennessee) - Suicide
The body of S.A.J., 42, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was found
lying in a wooded area approximately 100 feet from her automobile around 10
am on August 17th. Ranger Mike Farley was investigating the Foothills
Parkway-West location when he discovered her body lying next to a .410 gauge
shotgun. S.A.J. apparently died from a self-inflicted wound to the head.
She had been traveling extensively during the past four months according to
entries in her journal. No note was found, but one is thought to have been
mailed. The case is under investigation. (Jason Houck, CR, GRSM, 8/18)
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - V
2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire 8/18 8/19 Status
WA USFS Wenatchee NF Tyee Comp. - T1 126,500 126,550 CN 8/24
Hatchery
Comp. - T1 43,148 43,285 NEC
OR USFS Wall.-Whit. NF Snake River
Comp. - T2 6,574 6,574 CN 8/19
Boundary - T2 5,919 5,919 CN 8/24
Okanogan NF Methow Comp. - T2 16,634 16,634 CND
Okanogan Comp. - T1 4,631 3,770 CN 9/30
MT NPS Glacier NP Starvation
Creek - T2 325 420 NEC
State - Wolf Mountain II
Comp. - T2 645 645 NEC
USFS Bitterroot NF Bitter-Nez - T2 1,450 1,690 CN 8/24
Kootenai NF 17 Mile - T1 NR
Yaak - Red Dragon
Comp. - T1 3,000 3,000 NEC
Koocanusa
Comp. - T1 750 950 NEC
Cabinet Comp. - T2 NR 1,600 NEC
* Pilick - T2 - 100 CN 8/29
Flathead NF Little Wolf - T2 8,500 11,500 NEC
McDonald - T2 8,000 8,000 CND
WY NPS Yellowstone NP Yellowstone Comp. NR 665 CN 9/30
ID USFS Boise NF Idaho City
Comp. - T1 29,100 32,800 CN 8/28
Thunderbolt - T2 2,000 2,640 NEC
Payette NF Blackwell Comp. -
T1 35,395 36,000 NEC
Corral Creek - T2 52,600 52,400 NEC
Clearwater NF Freezeout 5,650
Fisher Peak 65 130 NEC
Idaho Pan. NF St Joe Fires - T2 700 700 NEC
Priest Lake
Comp. - T2 681 692 CN 9/5
Challis NF Pioneer Creek - T2 4,650 5,464 NEC
Caribou NF Tin Cup - T2 150 150 NEC
UT USFS Was.-Cache NF Beaver Mtn. - T2 1,000 617 CN 8/19
CA USFS Klamath NF Dillon Comp. - T2 20,682 20,882 CN 8/18
Tahoe NF Cottonwood - T1 8,500 21,000 NEC
Angeles NF Heaton - T2 600 600 CN 8/19
State - 41 48,531 48,531 CN 8/19
- Fish 635 635 NR
Lassen-Modoc RU Widow 300 300 CND
BIA Hoopa Agency * Hoopa Comp. - 250 CN 8/19
CO BLM Grand Jct. Dis. New Garvey
Comp. - T2 147 75 NEC
WY BLM Rawlins Dis. Bigelow Bench 2,500 2,500 NR
State - Muddy Mtn. 350 497 NR
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 5 2 20 0 58 58 143
Acres Burned 2 8,132 1,349 0 1,774 12,734 23,991
4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 456 320 109 16 3,398
Non-federal 173 546 38 1 1,507
5) COMPARATIVE SUMMARY -
CY 1994 Five Year Average
Year-to-Date Year-to-Date
Number of Fires 54,921 51,358
Acres Burned 2,573,425 1,949,432
6) OVERALL SITUATION - Moderate initial attack activity occurred throughout
the West yesterday. Firefighters continued to have problems with some large
fires in the northern Rockies, eastern Great Basin and California.
Demobilization continues.
7) NPS SITUATION - No report today.
8) OUTLOOK - A red flag watch has been posted for isolated dry thunderstorms
and high indices late today in southwest Montana. The east slopes of the
Cascades in Oregon could also approach red flag conditions. Demobilization
of personnel who've met their 21-day commitments and mobilization to fill in
behind them will continue. The potential for new fire activity in Montana
and Oregon is high due to forecasts for dry lightning in the former and
winds in the latter. Large fires will burn actively once inversions over
them have lifted.
[NIFCC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/19]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No field reports today.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No notes.
MEMORANDA
No memoranda.
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