NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, June 6, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-248 - Denali NP (AK) - Climbing Fatality

On the night of May 29th, M.T., 35, of Aldershot, United Kingdom,
fell 2,500 feet to his death while trying to descend the Orient Express route
on Mt. McKinley.  M.T. and his partner, Paul Holmes of the British Army
expedition, had summitted earlier and were descending in poor weather when
they got off the West Buttress route and found themselves descending what
they thought was the Messner couloir.  When it became steep, they fell,
tumbling about 2,500 feet before stopping near the mountain's 15,800-foot
level.  Holmes lost consciousness and later awoke and found M.T. lying
on top of him.  Holmes then crawled and staggered through a crevasse field in
whiteout conditions, calling for help.  Another climber heard and located him
and assisted him to the camp at 14,200 feet.  Miraculously, Holmes had only
minor injuries from the cold and fall.  M.T.'s body was recovered on
June 2nd.  [Ken Kehrer, CR, DENA, 6/5]

97-249 - Lake Mead NRA (NV/AZ) - Suicide Averted; Attempted Murder Arrest

A park maintenance worker came upon a four-door sedan on a gravel road at
Boulder Beach on June 4th.  A hose was running from the exhaust into the
passenger compartment.  Dispatch was advised, and rangers responded to the
scene.  They found V.V., 31, and her 12-year-old son suffering
from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.  A medical helicopter transported
them to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas.  A three-page letter was
found in the vehicle in which the mother indicated that she planned to kill
her son and take her own life.  She had given him drugs to put him to sleep,
but he apparently got a window open and was able to get out of the car. 
Following an investigation by the park's criminal investigator and Las Vegas
detectives and an interview with the boy in the hospital, V.V. was
arrested and charged with attempted murder and felony child abuse.  [Bud
Inman, LAME, 6/5]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                    Wed      Thu    %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT    6/4      6/5   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

Sunday, 6/1          0     12         1       0       41     13        67
Monday, 6/2          0     14         0       0       71     15       100
Tuesday, 6/3         0      0         2       1      128     47       178
Wednesday, 6/4       1      0         4       0       24      6        35
Thursday, 6/5        0      2         2       1       48     10        63

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Sunday, 6/1          3          7           4             0             2
Monday, 6/2          4          3           3             0             2
Tuesday, 6/3        24          5           5             0             0
Wednesday, 6/4      19         29           3             0             0
Thursday, 6/5        8         29           3             3             0

CURRENT SITUATION

The Southwest and Alaska reported a light increase in initial attack activity
yesterday, but no large fires occurred in any area.  Very high fire dangers
were reported in southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and
Michigan.  Arizona also reported numerous units with extreme fire indices.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/6]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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