NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Wednesday, August 11, 1999

INCIDENTS

98-497 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Follow-up: Employee Arrest

Park legal officer S.C. was charged with kidnapping and several
counts of child molestation by Fresno police on July 31, 1998, and
subsequently pled guilty in state court to four felony counts involving
unlawful sex with minors.  He was sentenced on July 9 to 16 months in state
prison, but was released shortly thereafter because he had already spent
almost a year behind bars and had credits for good behavior.  He must
register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and report to the state
parole office.  None of the crimes took place in the park.  [Fresno Bee,
submitted by Public Affairs, YOSE, 7/12]

99-443 - Great Smoky Mountains NP (TN/NC) - Rescue

While on foot patrol at the Sinks on Little River, ranger Kent Kleman heard
the shouts of a swimmer in distress.  J.U., 27, of Powell, Tennessee,
had gotten his foot trapped in an area near a small waterfall.  Kleman was
able to get a rescue rope under J.U.'s arms with the assistance of swimmers
in the area, thereby keeping his head above water.  J.U. was able to free
his severely sprained foot after five minutes.  Kleman subsequently cited him
for public intoxication.  [Jason Houck, CR, GRSM, 8/11]

99-444 - Blue Ridge Parkway (NC/VA) - Suicide

On August 10th, the park received a visitor report of a person with an
unknown problem near milepost 23.  The responding ranger found a man in the
vehicle who had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  He was later
identified as E.L., 51, of Charlottesville.  A suicide note to his wife
was found nearby.  E.L.'s wife had filed a missing person report on him
earlier that day.  [John Garrison, Protection Specialist, BLRI, 8/11]

99-445 - Lake Mead NRA (NV/AZ) - Drowning

A.S., 37, was fishing from shore with a friend near the marina at
Overton Beach on August 8th.  He went off to look at the marina and
apparently lost his balance on the docks, fell into the water and drowned. 
He was reported missing by a companion an hour and a half later.  Rangers
conducted extensive ground, water and air searches for him.  A.S.'s body was
found in the marina two days later by a concessions worker.  Alcohol is
presumed to have been a contributing factor.  A.S. was on active duty in the
Army, so military authorities are investigating in conjunction with rangers. 
[Dispatch, LAME, 8/10]

99-446 - Lake Mead NRA (NV/AZ) - Plane Crash with Fatality

A blue and white single-engine plane was seen flying low over Eldorado Canyon
on the afternoon of August 10th.  The plane banked south, then flew into the
canyon wall.  Pilot E.B., 51, was killed; a passenger was flown to
the trauma center at a local hospital.  The incident is under investigation
by the park, FAA and NTSB.  This is the park's 19th fatality this year. 
[Dispatch, LAME, 8/10]

99-447 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Drug Seizure

Rangers from the park and from Saguaro NP seized 340 pounds of marijuana
smuggled in from Mexico during a special operation on the evening of August
9th.  Three men were transporting the marijuana on five pack horses through a
remote wilderness area known for drug trafficking.  When the rangers
confronted the three men, they dropped six bundles of marijuana and fled on
horseback and escaped capture.  [Karl Pearson, Acting CR, ORPI, 8/11]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level III

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                      Sun      Mon   %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT      8/8      8/9  Con  Con

NV    Winnemucca FO          Dun Glenn Cx     T2  361,658  361,658  UNK  UNK
      Battle Mtn. FO         Battle Mtn. Cx   T2  159,889  164,097   75  8/10
                             Eureka Cx        --   53,000   75,000   35  8/12
      Elko FO                Sadler Cx        T1  180,000  297,000   70  8/12
                           * East Canyon      --        -      800  UNK  UNK
      Carson City FO         New Pass Cx      T2   74,900   74,900   40  UNK
   
WA    Wenatchee NF           Lk. Wenatchee Cx T2       80       80   60  8/10

ID    Salmon/Challis NF      Soldier         FUM    2,394    2,433    0  -  
      Lower Snake District   Deer Creek       --    2,000    2,000   85  8/9
      Upper Snake District * I-86, MP 4       --        -      500  UNK  UNK
      Payette NF           * Ramey            --        -      350    0  UNK

CA    Modoc NF             * Sheep            --        -      500   10  UNK

OK    State                  Potato Hills     --        -      160  100  CND

VA    State                * Purgatory        --        -    1,250  100  CND

MT    State                * Pine Ridge       --        -    2,200    0  UNK
                           * Allen Creek      --        -    1,000    0  UNK

NY    State                * Black Bear Mtn.  --        -      750   NR  NR

                                  Heading Notes

Unit        Agency or Area Office = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA
            state resource or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; FO =
            BLM field office; 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 I Team; T2 = Type II Team; T3 = Type III Team; 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

Elko FO - Members of a 20-person NPS crew conducting burnout operations on
the Sadler Complex were injured on August 9th when a fire whirl appeared and
forced them and a San Carlos BIA crew into the burned area to escape.  Fire
shelters were not deployed.  Members of the affected squad were Tim Horton
(SEKI), Alex Naar (GOGA), Derrick Hyde (SEKI), David Deaton (SEKI), Peter
Giampaoli (GOGA), and Keren Christianson (YOSE).  Deaton, Giampaoli and
Christianson were taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation and minor first
and second degree burns around the neck, ears and face.  All have been
released.  [Tom Nichols, PWRO]

NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)

                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total

Friday, 8/6          4     98        30       1       96    153       382
Saturday, 8/7        7     11        20       0       55    117       210
Sunday, 8/8          4      6        20       0       71    102       203
Monday, 8/9          2      3        13       0      369     82       469

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Friday, 8/6         74        129          21             4           436
Saturday, 8/7      174        393          68             1           748
Sunday, 8/8        190        338          71             1           805
Monday, 8/9        155        281          60             0           860

CURRENT SITUATION

Large fires continued to burn on Monday in the western Great Basin.  Initial
attack and new large fires were reported in the northern Rockies, Northwest,
California and eastern Great Basin.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

Reports pending...

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Reports pending...

MEMORANDA

Reports pending...

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Hot Springs NP - CORRECTION: The park will NOT be requiring a commission for
the two GS-9 protection rangers it is recruiting, as was stated in the entry
that appeared in this section on Monday.  

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