NPS Morning Report - Friday, November 16, 2001



                        NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Friday, November 16, 2001

INCIDENTS

01-606 - Gateway NRA (NY/NJ) - Follow-up: Airline Crash

Support operations for the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 have 
shifted to Floyd Bennett Field, where the Ryan Visitor Center is being 
used as a control center for FBI activities and two hangars are being 
used by the NTSB for storage of material from the crash site. The 
hangar that was used by New York City as a temporary morgue will be 
cleaned sometime in the next few days and returned to park use. Floyd 
Bennett Field was closed on Monday due to the high volume of emergency 
vehicles entering and leaving the park. Access was limited on Tuesday 
to participants involved in previously schedule activities.  The site 
was fully reopened to the public at 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning. A 
meeting was to be held with city officials yesterday regarding a 
memorial service for the victims of the accident. The probable 
location is Fort Tilden or Jacob Riis Park; the date under discussion 
for the service is Sunday, November 18th. [Jose Rosario, CR, GATE; 
Billy Garrett, Superintendent, Jamaica Bay Unit, GATE, 11/15]

HOMELAND SECURITY

Biscayne NP (FL) - In early October, the Coast Guard established a 
security zone around the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, which is 
located just a mile and a half from park headquarters. The majority of 
the zone is in park waters. In the event of a credible threat, the 
zone will be defended by several agencies, including the Coast Guard, 
FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Fish, Florida Wildlife 
Conservation Commission, the park, Miami-Dade PD, and the security 
operations for Turkey Point and Florida Power and Light. The park has 
hosted a meeting to establish procedures for maintaining and enforcing 
security in the zone and to clarify communications procedures. The 
meeting resulted in some solutions to enforcement issues and 
strengthened relations among agencies with overlapping jurisdictions. 
[Holly Rife, CR, BISC, 11/15]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Situation - Preparedness Level 2

Initial attack was moderate in the South and light elsewhere on 
Wednesday. Three new fires were reported in the South and East; one 
large fire in the South and eight in the East were contained. Very 
high to extreme fire indices were reported in Indiana, West Virginia, 
Montana, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Park Fire Situation

No new fires reported. 

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 11/15; NPS Situation 
Summary Report, 11/15]

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Klondike Gold Rush NHP (AK) - John Warder, the park's chief of 
maintenance, will be retiring at the end of the year following more 
than 30 years of government service. John has been at Klondike since 
1983 and has made enormous contributions to the restoration of the 
park's historic buildings. He has also played a key role in overseeing 
improvements that have greatly enhanced the quality and safety of the 
visitor experience on the Chilkoot Trail. Prior to 1983, John worked 
at Olympic National Park, where he reached the position of trails 
foreman. The park is collecting photographs and stories to include in 
a scrapbook to be presented to him.  Submissions should be received by 
December 10th and can be sent to Evelyn Meyer, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, 
PO Box 517, Skagway, AK,  99840. Questions can be directed to Evelyn 
by calling 907-983-2921. [Bruce Noble, KLGO]

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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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