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Subject: NPS Morning Report - 9/28/98
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:52:45 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, September 28, 1998
INCIDENTS
98-612 - Southeast Region - Hurricane Georges
A number of parks in Southeast Region are either recovering from the
hurricane's impacts or are still weathering it as it slowly moves inland:
o San Juan NHS (PR) - Power is still out at the park. Some generators
arrived on Saturday; more should be delivered to the park on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
o Biscayne NP (FL) - The park was closed on Tuesday afternoon as the
hurricane approached, but reopened on Sunday morning. Park facilities
suffered only minimal damage from tropical storm force winds on
Thursday and Friday. All employees are okay. Margie Ortiz was IC.
o Big Cypress NP (FL) - All but seven employees were released on Friday
and evacuated from the area, which was under a mandatory evacuation
order. Storm damage was very minor - a few trees and window screens.
There was no storm surge. Power, water and phone service continued
without interruption. Hurricane shutters were removed over the weekend
and the park is back in operation today.
o Dry Tortugas NP (FL) - The park, which includes Fort Jefferson, was
struck by sustained winds of 100 mph for about two hours. Employees
rode out the storm in their residences and were joined by hundreds of
birds seeking refuge. A preliminary assessment revealed the following:
damage to slate roofs on two residences, water damage to paint in the
visitor center, numerous downed trees, several broken antennas, and
damage to parts of the sea wall. Clean up should take three to four
days. Some members of the staff report significant damage to their
homes in the Keys.
o Everglades NP (FL) - The park's northwest districts began to return to
full operations (with limited interpretive and concession services) on
Saturday. The main park road and entrance remains closed due to an
extensive amount of vegetation blocking the roadway and over 100 trees
down in Flamingo. Access to the Florida Bay district offices is
limited because of the closure of highways to the Keys, although
patrols of the bay and other areas of the park continued throughout the
storm's passage. All employees are safe and report only minimal
property damage. Both Everglades and Dry Tortugas continue to function
under ICS. It's expected that full operations will resume in both
areas by the end of the week.
o Gulf Islands NS (FL/MI) - The park activated its hurricane plan last
Friday. Islands in Mississippi were evacuated, and mandatory
evacuations were ordered for Florida side of the park. All employees
were released except for a few protection rangers who remained on duty
in each district. Rangers in the Florida District are patrolling
evacuated areas with Gulf Breeze police and Escambia County deputies.
o Jean Lafitte NHP&P/New Orleans Jazz NHP (LA) - The parks closed at noon
on Friday and all employees were released to secure private property.
Employees will be using Natchez Trace NHP for emergency notification
and contact both during and after the hurricane.
[Ken Garvin, SERO, 9/25-28; Joe O'Haver, BICY, 9/25-26; JR Tomasovic, GUIS,
9/25-26; Rob Shanks, BISC, 9/26; Maureen McGee-Ballinger, EVER, 9/26; Roberta
D'Amico, EVER, 9/27; Jim Carson, JELA/JAZZ, 9/27; Rick Black, SAJU, 9/27]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE/INCIDENT ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Thu Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 9/24 9/27 Con Con
----- ---- ------------- --- ---- ---- --- ---
PR Roosevelt Roads NB Hurricane Georges T1 Distribution center
Caribbean NF Hurricane Georges T1 Clean-up operations
FL Jacksonville Hurricane Georges T1 Distribution center
AL Montgomery Hurricane Georges T1 Distribution center
LA Camp Beauregard Hurricane Georges T1 Distribution center
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
IMT T1 = Type I; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team; FUT = Interagency
Fire Use Management Team
% Con Percent of fire contained; UNK = unknown
Est Con Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
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Thursday, 9/24 1 1 1 0 36 23 62
Friday, 9/25 0 6 3 0 47 8 64
Saturday, 9/26 0 2 4 0 34 10 50
Sunday, 9/27 0 2 3 0 55 11 71
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
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Thursday, 9/24 13 97 13 2 7
Friday, 9/25 14 85 7 2 213
Saturday, 9/26 25 81 6 4 201
Sunday, 9/27 15 77 9 2 239
CURRENT SITUATION
Fire activity remains minimal. Five national Type 1 teams have been
committed to Hurricane Georges relief and recovery efforts. One is leading
clean-up efforts in Caribbean NF, three are geared up to assist affected
southern states with dissemination of supplies, and the fifth is actively
engaged in supporting local communities in Puerto Rico. The team has so far
received the following for dissemination as needed - 820,000 gallons of
water, 3,000 cots, 11,000 blankets, 240,000 pounds of ice and 21,000 rolls of
plastic.
Very high and extreme fire indices were reported yesterday in Nebraska,
Oregon, Colorado and Kansas.
No fire weather watches or warnings have been posted for today.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 9/24-28]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
No entries.
PARK DISPATCHES
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
INTERCHANGE
No entries.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, seminars, 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.
Dates: October 10 - 13
Meeting: Third Biennial North American Water Trails Conference/Chesapeake
Water Trails Workshop
Location: National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Topics include access, stewardship, building partnerships, and
reducing conflicts. There will be a presentation by Parks Canada
and field trips on October 10th.
Closes: Not given, but registration will be limited.
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Phone/fax: 717-236-8825; 717-236-9019
E-mail: acbpa@pipeline.com
Submitter: Don Briggs, RTCAP Potomac Field Office, PSO
Dates: October 13 - 16
Meeting: Seventh Annual Watchable Wildlife Conference
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Details: $199
Closes: Registration closing date: Not given.
Contact: Diana Trujillo
Phone/fax: 505-248-6821; ---
E-mail: diana_trujillo@fws.gov
Submitter: Kathy Jope, PNRO
Dates: October 15
Meeting: Call for Papers: "On the Frontiers of Conservation: Discovery,
Reappraisal, and Innovation," Tenth Conference on Research and
Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands
Location: Asheville, NC
Details: The conference will not be held until March 22-26, 1999, but the
deadline for papers is October 15th. Abstracts are welcome on
any topic related to research, resource management, and education
in parks and protected areas, and from any field in cultural or
natural resources. There will be a management track to highlight
case studies and practical applications, a track for research
findings and policy discussions, and a regionally-focused
Appalachian issues track.
Closes: N/A
Contact: George Wright Society
Phone/fax: 906-487-9722; 906-487-9405
E-mail: gws@mail.portup.com; www.portup.com/~gws/ gws99.html
Submitter: Dave Harmon, GWS; Bob Krumenaker, SHEN
Dates: October 24
Event: 35th Anniversary, Horace Albright Training Center
Location: Grand Canyon NP, AZ
Details: An open house and evening program will take place on the 24th.
If you are a former training manager, instructor or student,
please send along your tales, impressions, thoughts or memories
regarding the center.
Contact: Bob Karotko
Phone/fax: 520-638-7988; 520-638-2953
E-mail: Bob Karotko at NP-HOAL
Submitter: Same
Dates: October 24
Event: 25th Anniversary, Opening of Alcatraz
Location: Golden Gate NRA, CA
Details: Tentative plans are for a day-long celebration and re-dedication
on Saturday, October 24th. An overnight stay is included. The
park is attempting to contact every NPS employee "who has ever
done time on the Rock."
Contact: Jim MacDonald or John Cantwell
Phone/fax: 415-705-1045; ---
E-mail: GOGA Alcatraz at NP-GOGA, or goga_alcatraz@nps.gov
Submitter: John Cantwell, GOGA
Dates: October 27 - 30 *
Meeting: Tenth Annual Meeting, Federal Preservation Forum
Location: BLM Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Details: Conference on current issues of importance to federal cultural
resource preservation professionals, including revised section
106 regs, NAGPRA and federal archeology issues, development of
CRM data standards, cultural landscapes, and Native American
issues. Registration is $40 through October 16th, $50
thereafter. For further details, see the FPF web page, located
at www.ca.blm.gov/cdd/1998fpf.html
Closes: Registration closing date: Early registration runs through
October 16th, but you can also register on site.
Contact: Jan Townsend
Phone/fax: 703-440-1678; ---
E-mail: jtownsen@bellatlantic.net
Submitter: Anne Vawser, MWAC
Dates: October 31 *
Meeting: "Eisenhower and Korea: The Forgotten War," Third Annual
Eisenhower Seminar
Location: Cyclorama Center, Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details: This year's seminar examines the Korean War during the 45th
anniversary year of its armistice. A diverse group of historians
and veterans will offer their perspectives on how the war
started, the Truman-McArthur controversy, the GI in Korea, battle
action, and Eisenhower and the end of the war. Registration is
$40.
Closes: Registration closing date: N/A
Contact: Eisenhower NHS
Phone/fax: 717-338-9114; ---
E-mail: John Joyce at NP-EISE
Submitter: Same
Dates: November 5 - 7 # (change in title of meeting)
Meeting: Annual Woodland Indian National Conference
Location: Porter, Indiana
Details: The theme of the annual conference is trade on southern Lake
Michigan from 1634-1834. The conference will bring together
anthropologists, Native Americans, archeologists, historians and
other subject matter experts on the 200 year period of Lake
Michigan fur trading.
Closes: Registration closing date: Not given.
Contact: Laura Gundrum, INDU
Phone/fax: 219-926-7561 x 232; 219-926-7561 x 537
E-mail: npsindu@niia.net
Submitter: Laura Gundrum, INDU
Dates: November 12 - 14 *
Meeting: Washita Symposium: Past, Present and Future
Location: Washita Battlefield NHS, OK
Details: The park is celebrating its first anniversary with a symposium/
There will be a bus trip to Fort Supply State Historic Site and a
tour of the battlefield on the 13th; speakers on the 14th include
historians, archeologists, and representatives from the Arapaho,
Cheyenne, Kiowa and Osage. Individual presentations will be
followed by panel discussions. The symposium concludes with a
banquet on Saturday night.
Closes: Registration closing date: N/A.
Contact: Steve Black, WABA
Phone/fax: 580-497-2742; ---
E-mail: Stephen Black at NP--SWR
Submitter: Same
Dates: November 16 - 19
Meeting: NPS Leadership Seminar
Location: Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: Essentially the same as the leadership seminars of the past two
years, but 32 hours long. Offered to all employees who did not
attend the earlier seminar. Tuition is $500 - $300 for
Benchmarks, which will be covered by an NPF grant for small parks
with operating budgets of less than $600,000.
Closes: Registration closing date: October 7th.
Contact: Susan Cook, Homestead NMA
Phone/fax: 402-223-3514; 402-223-4231
E-mail: HOME Administration (Susan Cook) at NP-HOME
Submitter: Jim Bellamy
Dates: December 7 - 9
Meeting: School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-
Based Collections
Location: Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, New Orleans, LA
Details: Conference on digital technology, equipping participants to
select applicable technology and make critical decisions in the
management of digital projects. $255 until October 15th; $325
thereafter.
Closes: Registration closing date: Early registration runs through
October 15th, late registration through November 18th.
Contact: Ginny Hughes
Phone/fax: 978-470-1010; 9780475-6021
E-mail: ghughes@nedcc.org
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO
Dates: December 8 - 12
Meeting: Association of National Park Rangers' Rendezvous XXIII
Location: Holiday Inn City Center Hotel, Tucson, AZ
Details: Invited keynote speakers include Director Stanton, Assistant
Secretary Barry and Senator McCain. Panels and workshops will be
held on current NPS issues of interest to all employees. pre-
registration information will be sent to all members in the near
future. Hotel reservations can be made by calling 520-624-8711.
Contact: Bill Wade
Phone/fax: 520-615-9417; ---
E-mail: jwbillwade@aol.com
Submitter: Same
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