NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT
     
To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices
     
From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
     
Day/Date:   Tuesday, June 22, 1999
     
INCIDENTS
     
99-287 - Glen Canyon NRA (UT/AZ) - Sexual Assault
     
A 32-year-old female concession employee was sexually assaulted by a male 
concession employee in the concession dormitories at Bullfrog around 2:20 
a.m. on June 13th.  The male is a foreign national who is in the United 
States on a work visa.  Two other concession employees were passing by when 
they witnessed the attack and pulled the man off his victim.  They provided 
shelter for her and called for park rangers.  Rangers David Walton and David 
Schifsky located the suspect and took him into custody.  Ranger Leanne Apple 
and advocate (rape counselor) Tya Ward provided medical care and crisis 
support for the victim.  Multiple felony charges have been filed against the 
assailant.  The case has been transferred to the Kane County Sheriff's 
Department.  [David Sandbakken, LES, GLCA, 6/21]
     
99-288 - Ozark NSR (MO) - Verbal Assault; Racial Incident
     
On June 14th, three Mexican men visited the Blue Springs camping area. 
Another visitor camping there subsequently reported that she overheard a 
white male and his female companion shouting at them and identifying 
themselves as white supremacists.  The man also said that he had a white 
supremacist rottweiler with him, and at one point picked up a tire iron and 
made several loud verbal threats directed at the three Mexican men.  They 
eventually left the area; no physical confrontation occurred.  Investigators 
learned that the white male was recently released from a California prison 
and that he has ties with Aryan Nation gang activity.  There is a growing 
concern about white supremacist and skinhead activity in southern Missouri 
and around the park.  The investigation continues.  [Bruce Cunningham, MWRO, 
6/21]
     
99-289 - Richmond NB (VA) - Breaking and Entering
     
Rangers were notified of an alarm activation at the Chimborazo Visitor Center 
at 3:40 a.m. on June 16th.  One of the front entrance doors had been smashed 
open with a pick axe, which was found discarded nearby.  Two motion alarm 
sensors detected movement and were activated.  City police responded within 
six minutes.  Rangers and police searched the building, but failed to find 
anyone.  Nothing appears to have been taken.  The security system was 
upgraded last fall; the upgrade included an additional motion detector to 
monitor the front door area.  [Tim Mauch, SPR, RICH, 6/21]
     
99-290 - Vicksburg NMP (MS) - Special Event
     
The park is continuing the celebration of its 100th anniversary this year. 
The park and Leadership Vicksburg, a local group, sponsored a first-ever 
luminary display in the national cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend. 
Approximately 300 Boy Scouts and adult volunteers placed luminaries at each 
of the 18,000 grave sites.  The event was attended by several thousand 
visitors.  The park also assisted in organizing the largest Memorial Day 
parade in the city's history, which included veterans and reenactors from all 
American wars.  A wreath-laying ceremony was held in the national cemetery 
following the parade.  The entire weekend was captured on film by an 
independent film company producing a documentary on flags.  [Greg Zeman, 
Chief of Operations, VICK, 6/18]
     
99-291 - Great Sand Dunes NM (CO) - Assist; Search 
     
Rangers were asked to assist county sheriff's office deputies and local 
volunteers in early June in a search for two young boys who were reported 
missing after their small, inflatable kayak overturned in a nearby lake. Chris 
Worm, 8, and Josh Worm, 6, got into the boat without life jackets or paddles 
and were blown across San Luis Lake by high winds (30-50 mph) while their 
father was windsurfing.  The boat overturned, dumping the brothers into the 
water.  Rangers searched the perimeter of the lake while divers and boat teams 
searched the water.  The older boy's body was found that evening.  Over 60 
people from 16 agencies continued the search for the younger boy, whose body 
was found only after the lake was drawn down about two feet.  [CRO, GRSA, 
6/11]
     
FIRE ACTIVITY
     
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
     
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 
     
                                                      Sat     Sun    %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT      6/19    6/20  Con  Con
     
AZ    Saguaro NM           * Box Canyon      FUM         -     650   NR  7/10
      Yuma FO                Arrastra         --     1,000   1,000   NR  NR 
      Coronado NF          * Mexico 15        --         -     300   75  6/25
     
AK    Ft. Greely Army Base   Donnelly Flats   T1    18,000  18,000   90  6/21
      Upper Yukon, BLM       Minto            T2     3,800   3,800   75  UNK
     
                                  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
     
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)
     
                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total
     
Thursday, 6//17      2     22        13       1      192     53       283 
Friday, 6/18         2     25        13       0       60     52       152 
Saturday, 6/19       0     19         5       0       42     30        96 
Sunday, 6/20         2     15         9       1       47     29       103
     
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 
     
                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead
     
Thursday, 6//17    103        159          38             2           343 
Friday, 6/18       103        153          34             4           369 
Saturday, 6/19      58        116          21             5           470 
Sunday, 6/20        61        114          22             3           345
     
CURRENT SITUATION
     
Large fires continued to burn on Sunday in Alaska and the Southwest.  There 
was little activity elsewhere.
     
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, New Mexico, 
Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah.
     
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/21]
     
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
     
No entries.
     
OPERATIONAL NOTES
     
Morning Report Format - Some recipients of the Morning Report have problems 
with the text scrolling on the versions they receive on their cc:Mail 
systems, making narratives hard to read and tables (i.e., the fire report) 
highly garbled.  The Morning Report is composed with margins about 80 
characters apart.  If your system is set to send/read messages that are 80 
characters or wider, you shouldn't have any problem.  If the margins are set 
more closely, you will likely get some type of scrolling.  [Editor]
     
MEMORANDA
     
No entries.
     
INTERCHANGE
     
No entries.
     
PARKS AND PEOPLE
     
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