NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, April 12, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-145 - Point Reyes (California) - Death of Employee

Alexsi Casul, 38, a maintenance worker at Point Reyes since 1989, died at his
home in the park early on the morning of April 7th.  During those years, Alexsi
provided support services for hundreds of thousands of visitors at the park's
popular lighthouse area, and was highly regarded by both co-workers and members
of the local community.  Alexsi was a single parent with sole custody of two
teenage girls, ages 13 and 16.  A memorial fund has been established at the
Bank of Petaluma, 11400 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956.  Deposits
should be made out to the Alexsi Casul Memorial Fund.  For more information,
contact Ann Nelson at 415-663-8522.  [Don Neubacher, Superintendent, PORE,
4/11]

95-146 - Olympic (Washington) - Search in Progress

A local Neah Bay family was having a picnic on the Makah Reservation on the
boundary of the park's Shi Shi beach area on April 9th when two brothers from
the group, ages ten and five, went off exploring and became separated.  When
the older boy could not find his brother, he returned and reported him missing. 
Adults from the group and area residents searched the area from 1 p.m until 9
p.m. before notifying the county sheriff's office.  A multi-agency search was
begun which has so far involved 13 rangers, an NBS biologist, two VIPs, and a
ranger search dog from the park.  As of yesterday, no sign of the boy had been
found.  The weather continues to be cool and rainy.  [Larry Nickey, Emergency
Operations, OLYM, 4/11]

95-147 - Mount Rainier (Washington) - Search and Rescue

When M.J., 64, of Seattle failed to return from a snowshoeing trip
from Paradise to Camp Muir on April 10th, rangers were advised and initiated a
search in conjunction with members of the Washington Mountain Rescue Council. 
M.J. was found in good condition the following morning.  [Bill Larson, MORA,
4/11]

95-148 - Gulf Islands (Mississippi/Florida) - MVA with Fatality

As park dispatcher Buddy Woods was leaving the park shortly after midnight on
April 7th, he was passed by two vehicles heading toward the park at a high rate
of speed.  Woods radioed this information to ranger Robert Harris, who had set
up stationary radar at the Fort Pickens entrance station.  Harris clocked the
vehicles at 85 mph; before he could react, one of the vehicles, a Ford Bronco,
went out of control and began flipping over.  One passenger, 17-year-old H.R.,
was ejected and killed.  The driver, G.S., 41, and his
16-year-old daughter were air lifted by life flight to a hospital in Pensacola. 
The daughter was released; the father was admitted in fair condition.  Alcohol
is a probable contributing factor.  [CRO, GUIS, 4/11]

95-149 - Golden Gate (California) - Attempted Robbery

On March 28th, park maintenance workers advised dispatch that a visitor had
told them that two juveniles with brass knuckles had attempted to rob him on
the beach below Fort Scott in the Presidio.  Rangers and Park Police officers
began a search and soon located the pair at a bus stop adjacent to Golden Gate
Bridge.  A search of the two suspects and their backpacks led to the discovery
of two sets of brass knuckles, three large camping knives, a camcorder, and a
significant amount of foreign and domestic cash.  Interviews indicated that the
twosome had obtained the camcorder and cash during a spree of four larcenies
and a car clout.  Both have extensive criminal histories; one is on parole,
which is being revoked.  [Kathy Clark, WRO, 4/6]

95-150 - Curecanti (Colorado) - Suicide

On the morning of April 10th, rangers came upon a vehicle parked in a day use
picnic area covered with four inches of snow that showed no evidence of recent
vehicle or foot travel.  Investigation revealed that the owner, D.G.,
39, of Gunnison, Colorado, had been missing since the previous evening. 
Approximately 35 searchers from the park, county sheriff's office and local SAR
teams began looking for Gunnison and found his body about a quarter mile from
the vehicle late that afternoon.  Preliminary investigation indicates that
D.G. committed suicide.  [CRO, CURE, 4/11]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY

State     Area              Fire                      4/10    4/11   Status

 VA    Virginia NF        * Castle Complex - T1      1,300   4,990   CN 4/12

 KY    Daniel Boone NF    * Red Bird Complex  - T2   3,016   3,166   CN 4/12

 FL    Everglades NP        E-112                    6,000   6,000   CND

 AR    Buffalo NSR        * Stringtown               1,000       -   NR

 AZ    State              * Early                      800     800   CN 4/10

 NM    State              * Hondo                      500     220   CND
       Mescalero Agency   * Encino                     120     120   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) FIRES YESTERDAY (BY AGENCY) -

                NPS     BIA     BLM     FWS     States     USFS      Total

Number            3       -       -       -        458       23        484
Acreage         200       7       -       -      3,815    3,235      7,257

4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal           55        13            6               -           226
Non-federal        3        22            2               6            37

5) CURRENT SITUATION - Initial attack and large fire activity moderated in
throughout the South due to widespread wet weather.  

6) OUTLOOK - Moderation of fire activity in the South is expected to
continue.

[NIFCC Incident Management Situation Report, 4/11]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Environmental Assessments - The Environmental Quality Division in WASO is
seeking a few good environmental assessments in order to develop an
information base that can be used by other parks to address issues and make
decisions about resources in their own EAs.  If you have one that you think
is particularly good or could be of interest to other parks, please send it
to Jacob Hoogland, Chief, Environmental Quality Division, WASO 774, forward
it via cc:Mail, or call 202-208-5214.  

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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