- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, October 7, 1996
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, October 7, 1996
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
96-580 - C&O Canal (Maryland/D.C.) - Accidental Death of Employee
Maintenance employee Nelson Griffith, 62, of Luray, Virginia, was fatally
injured while removing trees from the canal's towpath near Lock Five on the
morning of Sunday, October 6th. At the time of the accident, he was
attempting to cut a large tree stump, which apparently broke free and fell on
him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Nelson had worked for the NPS for
30 years. An investigation into the accident is underway. [Bill Lynch, LES,
NCSO]
96-581 - FLETC (Georgia) - Serious Employee Injury
Park Police recruit officer Richard Holman, 25, a student at FLETC in Glynco,
Georgia, was critically injured in a motor vehicle accident near St. Simon's
Island around 10 p.m. on October 4th. Holman and three other Park Police
recruit officers were in a car which was struck head-on by another vehicle
which had crossed into their lane. A teenage passenger in the second vehicle
was killed in the accident. Holman was transported to Greater Southeast
Hospital, where he is in critical condition with severe head injuries. The
other three officers received minor injuries and were treated and released.
Holman was scheduled to graduate from FLETC in November. [Bill Lynch, LES,
NCSO]
96-582 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Air Crash with Four Fatalities
A Cessna 172 crashed adjacent to the South Entrance Road just before 9 a.m.
on Saturday, October 5th, killing all four occupants. The private plane,
which had been rented by the pilot, took off from Grand Canyon Airport just
south of the park at 8:45 a.m. and was bound for Page, Arizona. The pilot
reported that he was having difficulty gaining altitude and apparently tried
to land in the road corridor. The plane caught fire upon impact. The crash
was witnessed by a ranger; park, airport and other emergency response
personnel were therefore on the scene immediately. The fire was
extinguished, hazardous materials mitigation was begun, and the area was
secured. A two-mile section of the road was closed for eight hours, but the
park was accessible via a detour through Grand Canyon Village. NTSB
investigators are on scene. The four occupants of the plane were European
nationals. The county sheriff's office is making final identification and
notifying next of kin. Media coverage was extensive. The IC was Dan
Oltrogge. [Mallory Smith, GRCA]
96-583 - Lava Beds (California) - Conviction; Threats Against Employee
On June 2nd, B.S., 31, was contacted for multiple violations
within the park. During his arrest and transport, B.S. threatened
ranger Kirk Gebicke and other law enforcement officers, stating that he would
return with a militia group and kill Gebicke and any other officer he should
find. B.S. was booked and later released. When he failed to appear in
court, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Employing information gained
from local residents on B.S.'s whereabouts, Gebicke and ranger Terry
Harris served the warrant and arrested B.S. on October 1st. He entered
guilty pleas on all charges in magistrate's court and was sentenced to two
days in jail and $700 in fines. Threats of militia retribution such as those
made by B.S. are becoming more common in field contacts in the local
area. [CR, LABE]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Thu Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 10/3 10/6 Con Con
ID Nez Perce NF * Crawford -- - 300 100 CND
* Bean -- - 115 100 CND
Shoshone District * Tip Top T2 - 1,000 20 10/8
* Flat Top Res -- - 700 100 CND
WA Wenatchee NF Myrtle T2 150 150 100 CND
UT Dixie NF Campground -- 151 151 100 CND
Wasatch-Cache NF * Spillway -- - 479 10 10/9
WY Bridger-Teton NF * Fayette Burn -- - 450 NR NR
MT State Rogers Mountain T2 600 600 100 CND
Heading Notes
Unit -- Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire -- * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
strategy
IMT -- T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
% Con -- Percent of fire contained
Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report; LPS = limited
protection status
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FIVE DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Wednesday, 10/2 1 0 21 0 26 13 61
Thursday, 10/3 2 0 4 0 34 9 49
Friday, 10/4 0 0 5 0 19 4 28
Saturday, 10/5 2 1 1 0 25 7 36
Sunday, 10/6 0 3 0 0 34 8 45
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Wednesday, 10/2 41 74 21 1 108
Thursday, 10/3 31 45 17 1 142
Friday, 10/4 13 44 9 1 75
Saturday, 10/5 6 37 7 0 45
Sunday, 10/6 26 86 11 7 94
CURRENT SITUATION
Large fire activity increased yesterday in the eastern Great Basin, and
initial attack activity increased in California.
NATIONAL OUTLOOK
There will be unseasonably warm and dry weather from the Great Basin to the
Pacific coast.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Reports pending...
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, conferences and events, and a second, which contains
workshops and training courses. If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along. Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier. Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information. Brevity is appreciated.
10/16-20 -- National Preservation Conference, Chicago, IL. Contact: Michelle
Becker-Jones, 202-673-4039. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
10/18-21 -- American Hiking Society's 20th Anniversary, Harpers Ferry, WV.
Contact: American Hiking Society, 301-565-6704. [Sheila Lee,
T&GD/WASO]
10/19-21 -- Annual Meeting, American Society of Landscape Architects, Los
Angeles, CA. Contact: ASLA, 202-686-2752. [Sheila Lee,
T&GD/WASO]
10/26-31 -- 103rd International Association for Chiefs of Police Conference,
Phoenix, AZ. Deadline for advance registration is August 16th.
Contact: 1-800-843-4227, 307-836-6767. [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]
10/27-11/1 -- 1996 National Safety Council Congress and Exposition/1996 DOI
Safety and Health Mini-Seminar/51st Annual Federal Safety and
Health Conference, Orlando, FL. Contact: Marcy Rogers, DOI, 303-
238-7180. [Steve Hastings, NERI]
10/28-30* -- "New Paradigms in Federal Preservation," Annual Meeting, Federal
Preservation Forum, Denver, CO. Topics include the state of the
national archeology program, Section 106, Section 110, NAGPRA,
and the National Register. There will be a workshop on the last
day of the meeting on federal agency responsibilities for
consultation with Native Americans on matters relating to
cultural resources. Contacts: Meeting - Anne Vawser at NP-MWAC
on cc:Mail; workshops - CEHP, Inc., reachable at
CEHP@Hap.Cais.com; general - FPF web site at
http://www.ca.blm.gov/cdd/fpforum.html. [Anne Vawser, MWAC]
11/1* -- Papers due for conference on George Washington to be held May 6 -
8 at George Washington Birthplace NM. The park is soliciting
proposals for presentations, poster sessions, workshops and panel
discussions on topics related to the interpretation of
Washington's life and times. Contact: Karen Beppler at NP-GEWA
(cc:Mail) or 804-224-1732 (phone). [Karen Beppler, GEWA]
11/1-3 -- Meeting, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Review Committee, Sands Ocean Club Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Discussion of the committee's draft recommendations regarding the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains in museums
and federal collections; plus other matters. For particulars,
see the page 43070, Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 162, August
20, 1996. Contact: Dr. Francis McManamon, Archeology and
Ethnography Program, WASO, 202-343-4101.
11/1-5 -- "The Power of Partnerships," Fifth Biennial Aquatic Resources
Education Conference, Sheraton Bayfront Hotel, Corpus Christi,TX.
Contact: Karl Cloninger, Texas Parks and Wildlife, 512-328-6035.
[Frank Panek, WRD/WASO]
11/5-9 -- "Looking Back - Looking Forward," 20th Ranger Rendezvous,
Association of National Park Rangers, Omni Bayfront, Corpus
Christi, TX. Held jointly with the Association of National Park
Maintenance Employees. The Rendezvous will focus on both the
association's early years and on new directions. Pre-conference
training on fund raising and on "choosing by advantages" will be
available. Contacts: Bill Wade, SHEN; Tony Sisto, FOVA; Barbara
Goodman, DESO. [Barbara Goodman, DESO]
11/9-- "Mamie D. Eisenhower: Her Impact and Influence on Her Time,"
Dwight D. Eisenhower Seminar, Gettysburg, PA. Sponsored by
Eisenhower NHS and Gettysburg College. Contact: John Joyce,
EISE, 717-338-9114 (phone) or 717-338-0821 (fax). [John Joyce,
EISE]
11/14-17 -- "Eureka!! The Archaeology of Innovation and Science," Chacmool
Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Abstracts
must be received by September 30th. Contact: Lesley Nicholls, at
LANICHOLL@aol.com or by phone at 403-282-9567. [Barbara Little,
NRHE/WASO]
11/21-23 -- "Presenting Ourselves: Interpretation of Community Issues and
Local Culture," American Association of Museums, Cincinnati, OH.
Contact: 202-289-9114 (phone); 202-289-6578 (fax). [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
1/3* -- Papers due for 1997 Rocky Mountain Symposium on Environmental
Issues in Oil and Gas Operations, to be held July 14-17 at the
Colorado School of Mines. The Geological Resources Division will
again co-sponsor this conference, now in its fourth year.
Session topics will include pollution prevention, ecosystem
management, air and water quality, visual impacts and pad siting
and reclamation. Contact: Bruce Heise at NP-WASO-GRD (cc:Mail)
or 303-969-2017 (phone). [Bruce Heise, GRD/WASO]
1/8-12* -- "Seaports, Ships, and Central Places," 30th Annual Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archeology, Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus
Christi, TX. Pre-conference heritage resource management
training seminars will also be offered. Contact: Dr. David L.
Carlson, Texas A&M, 409-847-9248 (phone) or dcarlson@tamu.edu
(Internet). [Vergil E. Noble, MWAC]
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