NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Wednesday, June 16, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-268 - Glacier Bay NP&P (AK) - Follow-up: Vessel Grounding

The 156-foot tour vessel Wilderness Adventurer remains aground at Dundas Bay. 
Little or no additional fuel has leaked from the vessel.  A salvage
assessment resulted in the conclusion that the removal of fuel may disrupt
the balance of the vessel, so it will be refloated before any fuel is
removed.  The vessel's stability remains the major concern of the response
team.  The latest hull damage assessment shows a significant crack near the
bow thrusters and a smaller crack in the keel.  A marine architect has been
assessing the vessel and working with incident staff on plans for refloating
it.  The cracks will have to first be sealed.  Two tugs will assist with the
salvage and lightering operations.  The vessel St. Rufina is serving as the
incident command center; the high-speed response vessel Icy Strait is also on
scene and engaged in recovery of any further discharge of oil that may occur. 
Park resource management staff are monitoring and assessing resources in the
area.  [Jane Tranel, IO, IMT, 6/15]     

99-269 - New River Gorge NR (WV) - Assault with Deadly Weapon

On June 11th, rangers received a report of a disorderly conduct incident with
shots fired on the New River at Terry Beach.  They found about 15 intoxicated
and belligerent persons on the private in-holding at Terry Beach known by
rangers as "Jack's Place."  D.M., who was camped on park land next
to Jack's Place and was also intoxicated, thought someone had stolen his
cooler full of beer and bologna.  D.M. took his axe and went to Jack's
Place and demanded his cooler back, allegedly threatening others with the
axe.  When D.M. refused to leave, J.H,., the owner of the
property, went into his shack and got a shotgun and a semi-automatic 9mm
handgun.  He gave the handgun to Grover Jordan and kept the shotgun for
himself.  J.H. "asked" D.M. to leave his property several times, but
D.M. would not comply.  Jordan then stepped in, threatened D.M. with
the handgun, then shot it in the air near D.M..  D.M. left and called
911 from his residence.  After obtaining details of the incident, rangers
entered Jack's Place to talk to Jordan.  They crowd remained hostile.  When
the rangers confronted Jordan, he denied any knowledge of the incident and
refused to comply with orders given by the rangers.  The situation was
becoming threatening, so the rangers attempted to escort Jordan off the
property.  He resisted and began to fight with them.  Pepper spray was used
to subdue Jordan and he was forcefully removed from the property.  Jordan was
arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with agency
functions, and resisting arrest. [Rick Brown, Protection Operations Leader,
NERI, 6/12]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                       Sun    Mon    %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT       6/13   6/14  Con  Con

AZ    Grand Canyon NP        Mt. Emma        FUM     1,090   1,090    0  UNK

NM    Gila NF              * Dolly            --        -      300    0  6/15

AK    Ft. Greely Army Base   Donnelly         T2     3,200   6,000    0  UNK
      Upper Yukon, BLM     * Minto            T2         -   1,500   NR  NR

NV    Winnemucca FO          Fairview         --     1,300   1,300   85  6/15

OR    Prineville FO        * Dead Dog         --         -     300   10  6/15

FL    State                * Orange Heights   --         -     120  100  CND

                                  Heading Notes

Unit        Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
            or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; FO = BLM field
            office; 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; FUM = Fire Use
            Management 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 was active Monday on its western and
northern flanks, where it continued to move through ponderosa pine.  Efforts
continue to limit the fire's spread into sensitive resource areas in the
Mount Logan wilderness.  Crews assigned to the fire are using suppression
tactics designed to have minimal impact on natural and cultural resources. 
These suppression tactics are being implemented more frequently in fire
management and are especially critical in wilderness areas and in fires being
managed for resource benefit.  The concept of minimum impact suppression
tactics is to use the least amount of action required to halt or delay fire
spread while producing the least possible impact on resources.  Often
suppression tactics can have long term negative impacts on resources,
sometimes greater impacts than the fire itself, and require considerable
rehabilitation efforts after the fire is out.  Another minimum impact
suppression tool was employed Monday along the western flank of the fire.  A
device which spreads a layer of foam from a helicopter, instead of the more
commonly used practice of dropping water from a bucket, was used to check the
fire.  The foam line limits the need to alter the terrain with construction
of a fireline and eliminates the need for any subsequent rehabilitation work. 
[Scott Sticha, IO, 6/15]

NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)

                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total

Friday, 6/11         1      0         4       0      154     17       176
Saturday, 6/12       2      4         9       0       63     23       101
Sunday, 6/13         2      5        13       3       71     36       130
Monday, 6/14         2    126        15       1      181     27       352

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Friday, 6/11        35         65          25             1           283
Saturday, 6/12      69        131          28             1           238
Sunday, 6/13        71         54          29             0           341
Monday, 6/14       105        152          34             2           377

CURRENT SITUATION

New large fires were reported on Monday in the South and Northwest.
Alaska continues to report lightning-caused fires and a good deal of initial
attack. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Georgia, Colorado,
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Nevada.  [NICC Incident
Management Situation Report, 6/15]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No entries.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Intermountain Regional Office - A retirement roast will be held for regional
director John Cook on the evening of Saturday, August 28th. The sit-down
dinner will be held at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.  If you are
interested in attending, please contact Lindsey Wagner in the Intermountain
Regional Office at 303-969-2504 by July 30th. 

Independence NHP - The park is accepting applications for a GS-0025-11
supervisory park ranger (protection). The vacancy announcement (INDE 99-14)
can be found at www.usajobs.opm.gov.  It opened yesterday and closes on July
6th.  The incumbent serves as shift supervisor and is in charge of field
operations for the shift.  For further information, contact Hollis Provins at
NP-INDE.

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