NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Thursday, May 25, 2000

ALMANAC

On this date in 1910, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew together for the 
only time at Huffman Prairie Flying Field, now part of Dayton Aviation 
Heritage National Historical Park, Ohio.

INCIDENTS

00-222 - Andersonville NHS (GA) - Structural Fire

Two wildland fires started in the park on Wednesday afternoon, 
apparently the result of a trash fire started by a nearby resident and 
aggravated by gusty winds and drought conditions. Although the fires 
were kept to just a few acres each, a third fire later in the 
afternoon spread to a park maintenance storage building. Although 
state forestry and Andersonville VFD crews responded immediately, the 
building was lost. The approximate value of the contents has been 
placed at about $10,000 and included brand new signs and parts for the 
POW Museum's HVAC system. [Fred Boyles, Superintendent, ANDE, 5/25]

00-223 - Independence NHP (PA) - Demonstration; Arrests

On July 3, 1999, 95 supporters of Mumia Abu Jumal were arrested at the 
Liberty Bell Pavilion for acts of civil disobedience. The court cases 
came to a successful conclusion recently after over nine months of 
effort by park staff and the U.S. Attorney's Office. Eighty-one of the 
demonstrators pled guilty and paid $250 fines; seven went to trial, 
were found guilty, and were fined $275 each and placed on probation 
with travel restrictions for a year; bench warrants are out for the 
remainder for failing to appear in court. [Gregg Tinkham, Acting LES, 
INDE, 5/24]

00-224 - Haleakala NP (HI) - Rescue

On the evening of May 20th, C.C., 21, jumped from the Ohe'o 
bridge into the pool 50 feet below. She landed on her back and 
subsequently complained of back pain. Several of her friends pulled 
her out of the water and onto a rock ledge below the highway bridge, 
then summoned help. Ranger Erik Larson and local fire, police and EMS 
personnel responded. Larson, an EMT, began medical treatment and 
continued it until paramedics arrived on scene. While = was being 
prepared for extrication, Larson and a county police officer set up a 
high-angle raising system to lift her to the roadway and a waiting 
ambulance. Larson and district ranger Greg Moss had just conducted a 
technical rescue training class that included fire and police 
personnel. C.C. was taken to a medical center in Hana, where she was 
treated and released. [Karen Newton, CR, HALE, 5/24]

00-225 - Olympic NP (WA) - Assist; Drug Arrest

The Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) recently 
asked for help from special agent Clay Butler in conducting 
surveillance of an anticipated drug transaction in a wooded area. On 
May 20th, Butler saw one person place narcotics in the identified area 
and a second person retrieve the package. These observations resulted 
in the arrest of a Washington state prison corrections officer, the 
wife of a prison inmate, and the seizure of four ounces of heroin, a 
quantity of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. [Mike Butler, SA, OLYM, 
5/21]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

CURRENT SITUATION

New large fires were reported yesterday in Arizona, Florida and South 
Carolina. Initial attack was moderate in the South and light 
elsewhere. Hot and dry conditions are forecast for both the South and 
Southwest.

The following resources were committed nationwide as of yesterday 
(changes from yesterday's  numbers in parentheses): 49 crews (- 8), 
590 overhead (- 64), 116 engines (- 11), 38 helicopters (+ 4), and 23 
air tankers (no change).

Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, New 
Mexico, Utah, Texas, California, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.

NPS FIRES

Bandelier NM (NM) -The Cerro Grande fire has burned 47,650 acres and 
is now 100% contained. 

NON-NPS FIRES 

Francis Marion and Sumter NF's (SC) - The Society (100 acres) and 
Harleston Dam (236 acres) fires are burning in the two forests - the 
former in heavy blowdown fuels, the latter in a pine plantation. 
Extremely dry conditions were contributing to control problems on the 
former. High winds are forecast for the area today.

OUTLOOK

NICC has posted a RED FLAG WARNING for unstable air, gusty winds and 
low afternoon relative humidity in the Florida Panhandle and a FIRE 
WEATHER WATCH for the same conditions in central Florida.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/25]

CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Uniform Program Update - The three dress crew socks listed in the R&R 
Uniforms catalogue (lots number 45, 315 and 1540) have been replaced 
by a single Thorlo brand crew sock that contains the best features of 
the others. The new crew sock is lot number 1532 and costs $5.72, the 
same price as the former dress crew sock. [Ken Mabery, RAD/WASO]

NPS News Features - CBS News will be running two stories on the 
Service this coming Sunday. The "Sunday Morning" show will run a 
nine-minute segment on the Yosemite Valley plan and CBS Sunday Evening 
News will have a story on the parks, crowding and creative solutions 
to solving associated problems. [Public Affairs, WASO]

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

INTERCHANGE

No submissions.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

No submissions.

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the 
cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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