- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Wednesday, May 28, 1997
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Wednesday, May 28, 1997
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
97-216 - Zion NP (UT) - Rescue
D.P., 24, fell about 50 feet and suffered serious injuries while
hiking in Hidden Canyon on Monday, May 26th. The upper part of this canyon
is difficult to reach and notorious for areas where falls are common. A
total of 13 rescuers, including three visitors, were involved in the
strenuous, seven-hour litter evacuation, which ended in darkness at 10 p.m.
D.P. was admitted to a local hospital with a total of eight fractures,
including a compression fracture of his lumbar spine, two pelvic fractures,
and fractures to both ankles and his coccyx. The incident commander was
assistant chief ranger Dave Buccello. [Steve Holder, CR, ZION, 5/28]
97-217 - Padre Island NS (TX) - Drug Seizure
On Monday, May 19th, an Americorp employee working for the resource
management team found 63 pounds of processed marijuana (street value
approximately $63,000) on the beach 45 miles south of the park visitor
center. The employee was conducting a daily sea turtle nesting patrol at the
time. The barnacle-covered bale contained 14 separately wrapped packages of
marijuana and matched the bale found near the same location on May 7th.
Customs is assisting in the investigation and in the processing of the
evidence. [Mark Foust, ACR, PAIS, 5/24]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NOTE: Due to the early release time of the Morning Report this week, fire
reports will be one day in arrears.
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Wed Thu % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 5/21 5/22 Con Con
** No significant fires reported **
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
Thursday, 5/22 1 8 5 1 67 12 94
Friday, 5/23 - - - - -- -- --
Saturday, 5/24 1 1 0 0 19 16 37
Sunday, 5/25 0 2 0 1 39 23 65
Monday, 5/26 0 1 2 0 40 11 54
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Thursday, 5/22 41 33 7 4 76
Friday, 5/23 -- -- - - --
Saturday, 5/24 12 22 6 1 3
Sunday, 5/25 15 26 9 0 1
Monday, 5/26 11 22 9 5 1
CURRENT SITUATION
No significant fire activity was reported over the holiday weekend. Southern
California and Alaska reported increased initial attack activity on Monday.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Reports, 5/27]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No submissions.
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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