NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Saturday, May 26, 2001

INCIDENTS

01-233 - USS Arizona Memorial (HI) - Special Event

Over the past week, park staff and members of Pacific West Region's 
Special Events Team 1 dealt with increased visitation and public 
interest in the site associated with this weekend's release of the 
movie "Pearl Harbor." The team oversaw the closure of the park for 
most of May 22nd to ensure security for the premier of the movie, 
which was held on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Leading up 
to the event was a week of heavy publicity, photo shoots, interviews, 
and a major campaign to raise money by the newly-formed USS Arizona 
Memorial Fund. This group is working to raise $10 million to help 
expand and endow the park's museum and visitor center. Public and 
media interest in the movie and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the 
event have been extreme. Over 60 filming and taping permits have been 
issued by park staff over the past two weeks alone. On the night of 
May 20th, there was a National Geographic Society special on the 
underwater survey of the USS Arizona conducted by the society with the 
cooperation of the NPS. Visitation was at peak levels throughout the 
week. The team worked with the Navy, Hawaii PD, and the FBI to provide 
security and respond to potential threats. There were few problems and 
no incidents. [Dale Antonich, LAME, 5/25]

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 increased in the Northwest and Great Basin on Friday. 
New large fires were reported in Florida, Oregon and Montana. Areas in 
Florida, Texas, Montana and Arizona reported very high to extreme fire 
indices.

NICC has posted a FIRE WEATHER WATCH for low relative humidity in 
northern and west central Florida for today.

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

National Resource Status

Date                    5/22    5/23    5/24    5/25    5/26

Crews                   52      49      60      57      32
Engines                 195     63      103     101     83
Helicopters             20      15      20      16      24
Air Tankers             0       0       0       0       0
Overhead                250     175     253     299     308

Park Fire Situation

No new fires reported.

Park Fire Danger

Extreme         Hawaii Volcanoes
Very High       Lake Mead, Everglades, Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe 
                Mountains, Big Bend
High            Mojave

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/26; NPS Situation 
Summary Report, 5/25]

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  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  Parks and People - Reports on people (job openings, retirements, 
   etc.) and parks (significant happenings of any kind).
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 
cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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