NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, June 9, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-250 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Structural Fire

Park dispatch received a 911 call reporting a structure fire in the El Portal
trailer village just after 10 p.m. on June 5th.  Fire crews were on scene
within five minutes and found a double-wide mobile home engulfed in flames. 
NPS crews from El Portal and Yosemite Valley and firefighters from Mariposa
County worked the fire for several hours.  The mobile home, which was owned
by the park concessioner, was a total loss.  Additional damage was limited to
a single vehicle.  The occupants got out safely and there were no injuries to
firefighters.  Preliminary investigation indicates that the fire was caused
by a halogen lamp.  [Deron Mills, FMO, South District, YOSE, 6/7]

99-251 - National Capital Parks (DC) - Demonstration

Park Police officers arrested 26 people in front of the White House on June
3rd for demonstrating without a permit.  Those arrested were members of Pax
Christi USA of Erie, Pennsylvania, and were among about 200 people from that
group who had a permit to demonstrate on the White House sidewalk.  The group
was protesting NATO bombing of Kosovo/Serbia.  The permit was revoked and
members of the group were arrested after they blocked the northwest gate to
the White House.  [Sgt. Robert McLean, USPP, NCR, 6/8]

99-252 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Search

During the evening of May 29th, C.N., 23, became separated from
his hiking party near the top of El Capitan.  His companions reported him
overdue around 10:30 the next morning.  A search employing about 30
searchers, two helicopters and a dog team was begun.  C.N. was spotted
from a helicopter clinging to a ledge in a precarious location in the Ribbon
Falls area late the following afternoon.  Rangers Keith Lober and Mary Hinson
heli-rappelled to C.N. just before nightfall and got him into a more
stable situation.  They found that C.N. had fallen approximately 15 feet
while attempting to descend from the valley rim earlier in the day and was
suffering from head, shoulder and wrist injuries in addition to being cold
and wet.  Lober and Hinson cared for him through the night and rigged him for
a helicopter short-haul in the morning.  C.N. was treated at the
Yosemite Medical Clinic and released later that day.  [Jana Pederson, IC,
YOSE, 6/8] 

99-253 - Coronado NM (AZ) - Assist; Drug Seizure

Ranger received an urgent call for assistance from a Border Patrol agent
working about a quarter mile from the park's eastern boundary on the evening
of June 6th.  Responding rangers assisted in the seizure of 394 pounds of
marijuana which backpacking smugglers were transferring to a waiting pickup
truck.  The truck, a new Dodge Ram 2500, was seized by the Border Patrol. 
Border-related activity has increased significantly within the park and
throughout the surrounding area.  [Fred Moosman, CR, CORO, 6/6]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                      Sun     Mon    %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT      6/6     6/7   Con  Con

AZ    Grand Canyon NP      * Mt. Emma         --        -      100   NR  NEC

FL    Osceola NF             Friendly         T1    69,060  69,060   70  6/15
      Everglades NP          Lostman's        --     1,700   2,500    0  NR
      Ocala NF               Richard          --       191     191   65  6/8

MN    Superior NF            Little Trout     --       177     177  100  CND

NM    Cibola NF              La Jara          T2     3,382   3,382   90  6/9
      State                  Water Canyon     T2       400     540   80  6/8
      Mescalero Agency       Whitetail        T2       707     707  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; UNK = unknown; NR = no report

Est Con =Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report

FIRE NARRATIVES

Grand Canyon NP - The Mt. Emma Fire is being managed for resource benefits. 
The fire, which grew to 100 acres on Monday afternoon, is about a mile-and-a-half
from BLM's Arizona Strip District.  There are no known threats to improvements.

NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)

                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total

Friday, 6/4          0      5         0       0      425      9       439
Saturday, 6/5        0      1         0       0       60      8        69
Sunday, 6/6          0      0         0       1        0      5         6
Monday, 6/7          3     18         3       0      138     28       190

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Friday, 6/4         45        112          24             5           522
Saturday, 6/5      115        138          38             5           462
Sunday, 6/6         95        127          42             5           570
Monday, 6/7         79        110          35             0           558

CURRENT SITUATION

Substantial progress was made on fires in the South and Southwest on Monday. 
Initial attack increased in the Rockies and California.  Very high to extreme
fire indices were reported in Louisiana, Georgia, New Mexico, Arizona, and
Texas.  [NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/8; Mike Warren, NPS,
6/8]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.
 
OPERATIONAL NOTES

No entries.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Harpers Ferry Center - The NPS has been named the recipient of the 1999
Insight Award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design, an
international design organization founded in 1973 to promote professional
development and public awareness in the field of environmental graphic
design.  Environmental graphic design includes communication systems that
identify, direct, inform, and visually enhance the built and natural
environment.  The Insight Award is given annually to organizations that have
contributed to the advancement of the profession.  Previous winners include
the Walt Disney Company, Herman Miller, Inc., and the Smithsonian
Institution.  SEGD noted the National Park Service's commitment to design, 
reflected in the various media produced by the Interpretive Design Center in
Harpers Ferry.  The center's efforts to develop graphic standards for NPS
publications and outdoor exhibits were specifically cited, as were efforts to
establish guidelines for wayfinding signage at each of the 378 national
parks.  NPS staff responsible for environmental graphic design were praised
for being "accessible, fair-minded, even-handed, and a pleasure to work with. 
They are pushing for national...standards and they truly deserve to be
recognized for their insight, vision, and valiant efforts."

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