NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, March 26, 2001

INCIDENTS

01-101 - Death Valley NP (CA) - MVA with Three Visitor Fatalities

On the afternoon of March 23rd, rangers were notified of a single-car, 
rollover accident on the south end of Bad Water Road. First reports 
indicated that several people had been seriously injured. Rangers 
responded in patrol vehicles and the Furnace Creek ambulance (response 
time of one hour); joining them were California Highway Patrol and 
Inyo County officers and a Life Flight helicopter from Las Vegas. Due 
to the remoteness of the area, it took 90 minutes for EMS personnel to 
arrive on scene. They found that an SUV with five visitors from Japan 
had rolled over multiple times. The two occupants wearing seatbelts 
suffered only minor injuries, but the other three were ejected from 
the SUV and pronounced dead at the scene. [CRO, DEVA, 3/25]

01-102 - Everglades NP (FL) - Firearms Violation Conviction

Rangers Mike Foster and Mike Michener investigated reports of shots 
fired in the East Everglades District last December 3rd. They found 
four people with three semi-automatic pistols among them. Two of them 
were stolen, and at least two members of the foursome were found to be 
illegal aliens. They arrested A.F.-V., a Mexican 
national, for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm (18 
USC 922 (g)(5)(a)), and cited two others for possessing, carrying and 
using firearms in a national park. On March 14th, A.F.-V.
pled guilty and was sentenced to ten months in prison. He will be 
deported to Mexico upon release. The other three members of the group 
paid a total of $750 in collateral fines. The case was prosecuted in 
cooperation with the Border Patrol and ATF. [CRO, EVER, 3/19]

                   [Additional reports pending....]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Plan

No new information. Please check the NPS Fire Management Program 
Center web page (www.fire.nps.gov) for further information on fire 
plan projects.

Park Fires

No fires reported.

ADDITIONAL SECTIONS

Regular sections not appearing today but available at all times for 
submissions:

o       Natural/Cultural Resource Management - Significant 
        developments in these fields.
o       Interpretation/Visitor Services - Significant developments in 
        these fields.
o       Operational Notes - Any information of consequence to the 
        field on operational matters.
o       Memoranda - Memoranda from WASO to the field on all 
        operational matters.
o       Interchange - Requests or offers from any park or office for 
        materials, information or any other operational needs.
o       Film at 11 - Reports on current or upcoming print or 
        electronic media stories on the NPS.

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