NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, April 5, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-134 - Independence (Pennsylvania) - Structural Fire

A fire broke out on the second floor roof of City Tavern on the afternoon of
April 3rd.  The city fire department responded and had the fire under control
within minutes.  There was no damage to the building's interior; damage to the
exterior has been estimated at about $1,100.  The cause of the fire is unknown
at this time.  [CRO, INDE, 4/4]

95-135 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Pursuit and Arrest

During the early morning hours of April 4th, rangers received an emergency
request from Pima County dispatch for assistance in the pursuit of a stolen
vehicle fleeing south toward Mexico through the park.  The driver lost control
of his vehicle on South Puerto Blanco Drive and ran off into the open desert,
destroying a saguaro cactus and substantially damaging resources.  The driver,
a suspected undocumented Mexican national, fled on foot and eventually escaped
into Mexico.  His female passenger, who had been driving the vehicle when
deputies first stopped it north of the park, attempted to flee on foot, leaving
her two children behind in the vehicle.  She was apprehended by a Pima County
deputy after a short pursuit.  The woman will be charged with felony eluding,
possession of a stolen vehicle, and two counts of child abuse.  She also had
outstanding warrants against her for three counts of counterfeiting, forgery,
first degree criminal trespass, and attempting to promote prison contraband. 
This is the third such pursuit through the park this year.  [Aniceto Olais, CR,
ORPI, 4/4]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Follow-up on Wolf Reintroduction

Five of the six Crystal Bench wolves are now near the confluence of the Lamar
River and Calfee Creek; the sixth, a young male, has moved west along the
Yellowstone River and is now four to six miles north of Mount Washburn.  The
adult pair from Rose Creek is about two miles east of the confluence of Soda
Butte Creek and the Lamar River; the young female from that group is less than
a mile north of the pen.  The Soda Butte group has remained together and is
located about four miles north of its pen.  The "no stopping" restriction that
was in effect for a four-mile stretch of highway near the Crystal Bench
trailhead has been lifted.  This will be the last daily report; updates will
now be provided when significant developments occur.  [Marsha Karle, PAO, YELL]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Uniform Program Needs Assessment - A six-page needs assessment asking for
field responses to questions on a number of uniform related issues was
transmitted on Monday to all park uniform program administrators for
dissemination to interested employees.  Responses are due by April 21st. 
Please see your park uniform program administrator for a copy.

2) Use of Field Work Boots on Wildfires - The Georgia boot brought into the
uniform program last year was deemed appropriate for use on wildland fires. 
Although the boots meet basic firefighting criteria, they can no longer be
endorsed because field experience has shown that they break down in some - but
not ALL - circumstances, thereby causing a potential safety problem.  Since it
was an NPS decision to recommend the boots for fire use and to put them in the
program, it is our responsibility and our problem.  R&R will not be required to
reimburse those who bought the boot for FIRE USE.  Instead, employees seeking
replacements should contact their FMOs for funds to acquire replacements.  In
the meanwhile, we will be seeking a true fire boot for the program.   

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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