NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Wednesday, May 23, 2001

INCIDENTS

00-144 - National Capital Parks (DC) - Follow-up: Assault on USPP      
         Officers

On Friday, May 18th, a federal district court judge sentenced D.A., 
30, of Mitchellville, Maryland, to 20 years in a federal 
prison, a term of supervised release and other conditions for an 
assault on Park Police officers, including the shooting of officer 
Jonathan Daniels. The incident took place on April 13, 200, when 
Daniels made a routine traffic stop and saw drug paraphernalia in 
D.A.'s car. When he refused to get out of the car, Daniels leaned 
in to grab the car keys and the car took off. D.A. stopped after 
dragging the officer for about 75 feet and Daniels fell away from the 
car uninjured. Daniels then joined his partner in their cruiser and 
they pursued the car to the intersection of Rock Creek Ford Road and 
Military Road, at which point D.A. and a passenger got out and 
fled on foot. Daniels apprehended D.A., who then pulled out a 
handgun and shot him. The bullet that hit Daniels penetrated just to 
the left of his nose, transected his cheek bone, severed muscle and 
nerve tissue and shattered against the bone behind his left ear, 
missing his brain and major blood vessels by only centimeters. As part 
of his treatment for these injuries, Daniels had to have a nerve 
removed from the left side of his neck and spliced to mend a nerve 
that controlled the movement of the left side of his face. Daniels may 
nonetheless never regain feeling or movement on the left side of his 
face. Despite this injury, he is preparing to return to full police 
duty in the near future. D.A. was tried last September; the jury 
found him guilty on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding a 
federal officer with a dangerous weapon (automobile) and unlawful 
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In announcing the 
verdicts, the U.S. attorney commended the work of detective sergeant 
Timothy Moser, the lead investigator on the case, and the many other 
members and officials of the USPP and Metro PD who assisted with this 
prosecution. [Sgt. R. MacLean, USPP, NCR, 5/22]

                   [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.

National Fire Situation - Preparedness Level 1

Initial attack was once again moderate in the South and light 
elsewhere. A weak cold front will move into southern Florida today, 
bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms. Northern Florida and 
southern Georgia will see sunny skies. California will have mostly 
sunny skies, except for possible thunderstorms over the southern 
Sierra Nevadas. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in 
Arizona, Florida, Montana and New Mexico.

NICC has posted a RED FLAG WARNING  for low relative humidity in 
northern Florida.

The full NICC Incident Management Situation Report can be found at 
http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.pdf

National Resource Status

Date                    5/19    5/20    5/21    5/22    5/23

Crews                   23      13      12      52      49
Engines                 84      39      36      195     63
Helicopters             17      18      12      20      15
Air Tankers             0       0       0       0       0
Overhead                234     108     107     250     175

Park Fire Situation

Big Cypress NP (FL) - The Bear Island Fire (25,000 acres, 90% 
contained, 52 FF/OH, eight engines, two helicopters) made major runs 
last Thursday and Friday. The fire was then slowed down by relatively 
recent prescribed fires. Extreme behavior was reported, including 
spotting against the prevailing wind. On Saturday, smoke from the fire 
combined with stagnant winds, causing the closure of I-75 for about 
eight hours. As of Sunday, park personnel were being supported by the 
Smokey Bear hotshots, air tankers, helicopters and several engines. 
Rain fell on the entire fire soon after a three-mile burnout operation 
was completed successfully. 

Everglades NP (FL) - The Lopez Fire (8,533 acres, 26 FF/OH, one engine 
and one helicopter) is 100% contained. 

Park Fire Danger

Extreme         N/A
Very High       Everglades
High            Hawaii Volcanoes, Guadalupe Mountains, Zion, Carlsbad 
                Caverns, Big Bend

[Mike Warren, NPS FMPC, 5/22; NICC Incident Management Situation 
Report, 5/22; NPS Situation Summary Report, 5/23]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Medical Standards Program - NPS special agent Patricia Buccello has 
been appointed as the new acting medical standards program manager, 
effective this week. Pat replaces Ed Clark, who has held the position 
for the last three months and is now moving on to a new assignment at 
Lake Mead NRA. Pat is currently a special agent conducting criminal, 
administrative and EO investigations, and manages both the NPS 
critical incident stress management program and DOI's victim-witness 
program for the eastern United States. She began her NPS career in 
1978 and has worked in parks throughout the county. She brings with 
her experience as a paramedic, author, instructor, and member of 
numerous agency policy development committees and task forces. She's 
also a graduate of the women's executive leadership program. The 
vacancy announcement for the program manager positions should be ready 
for advertising by early summer. [J. Lynn Smith, Manager, HRP/WASO; 
Dennis Burnett, Acting Chief, RAD/WASO]

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Valley Forge NHP (PA) - Supervisory park ranger Dan Jenner will be 
retiring on June 1st after more than 33 years of government service. 
Dan has been stationed at Valley Forge since 1991. Prior to that, he 
worked at Cumberland Gap NHP, Petrified Forest NP, Chamizal NM, and 
Big Bend NP. He's been an active DARE instructor, teaching thousands 
of children techniques for avoiding drug use and handling the 
pressures of growing up in today's society. Congratulations, 
"attaboys," and other notes can be sent to Dan at Valley Forge NHP, PO 
Box 953, Valley Forge, PA 19482, or via email. [CRO, VAFO]

Gulf Islands NS (MS/FL) - The park is advertising for a permanent 
GS-303-6/7 supervisory visitor use assistant. The announcement 
(GUIS-P01-12) closes on June 5th.  Applications are being accepted 
from DOI career or career-conditional employees and CTAP eligibles. 
For a copy of the announcement, check USA Jobs or call 850-934-2601. 
[Kitty Lewis, GUIS]

ADDITIONAL SECTIONS

Regular sections not appearing today (due either to lack of 
submissions or time constraints in preparing this edition) but are 
available at all times:

o  Natural/Cultural Resource Management - Significant developments in 
   these fields.
o  Interpretation/Visitor Services - Significant developments in these 
   fields.
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  Hot Links - Web addresses for NPS-related sites.
o  Film at 11 - Reports on current or upcoming print or electronic 
   media stories on the NPS.

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the 
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