NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (RETRANSMISSION)



                           NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                              MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Tuesday, April 2, 2002

INCIDENTS

02-078 - Glen Canyon NRA (UT) - Boating Accident with Fatality

Park dispatch was notified of a fatal boat accident 40 miles up San Juan
Canyon around 2 a.m. on March 25th. Rangers Greg Moss and Steve Luckesen
responded 85 miles by boat; when they arrived on scene, they found that
T.H., 53, of Aurora, Colorado, was in critical condition with a
ruptured spleen and lacerated liver. T.H was stabilized and taken to a
nearby helispot. His wife, R.H., 43, had suffered massive head
injuries and was declared dead at the scene. T.H was flown to the trauma
center in Flagstaff and is expected to recover. The preliminary
investigation, conducted by the NPS, San Juan County Sheriff's Office and
Utah State Parks indicates that T.H's vessel hit a vertical canyon wall
at a high rate of speed after dark. [Mike Mayer, ACR, GLCA, 4/1]

02-079 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Rescue

Valley rangers received a report of two climbers stranded at the top of the
sixteenth pitch of the "Iron Hawk" route on El Capitan at 2:30 on the
afternoon of Friday, March 29th. The climbers reported via family band
radio that they were uninjured, but that they had dropped both of their
hammers and were unable to continue. While planning was underway for the
wall rescue, a hiker having a diabetic emergency was reported on the Vernal
Falls trail. The hiker was carried out without incident, but this rescue
delayed the retrieval of the stranded climbers on El Capitan until the next
day. On March 30th, a team of 13 rescuers was flown to the top of El
Capitan by helicopter. Team members lowered ranger Jeff Webb 800 feet to
the climbers. Webb secured them to the rescue lines and they were hauled to
the top. The ropes were then lowered back down to Webb, who was hauled up.
Everyone was flown off and the mission was completed without incident by
late afternoon. [Steve Yu, IC/PR, YOSE, 4/1]

02-080 - Fort Sumter NM (SC) - Special Event

Over the weekend of March 23 - 24, the park hosted a living history
weekend, with a Civil War encampment at the Fort Moultrie site on
Sullivan's Island. About 800 visitors experienced life in a Confederate
garrison, demonstrated by 56 reenactors. The program included a
demonstration of recruit training in formation drilling and procedures for
loading and firing muskets. There were six musket-firing demonstrations.
The participants ranged in age from one to 60 and included three military
units and one ladies organization. The volunteers donated a total of 334
hours of service. Historian Rick Hatcher and visitor use assistant Chris
Mekow supervised the encampment. There were no incidents. [Bill Martin,
PIO, FOSU, 4/1]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

Park Fires

No fires reported.

Park Fire Danger

High - Lake Mead NRA, Everglades NP

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Ocmulgee NM (GA) - The park currently seeking applicants for a full-time
GS-7/9 protection ranger. The all sources announcement is on USAJobs and
closes on April 8th. Ocmulgee is a small park located in Macon, Georgia.
The site preserves an extensive archeological site that includes
thousand-year-old mounds. This is the primary law enforcement position in
the park. The ideal candidate has a strong interest in natural resource
management and is interested in hands-on management of exotic vegetation
and feral hogs. A Mission 66 house is required occupancy. Other duties
include wildland fire, EMS, and building security. This is a small park
operation - the ranger occasionally works in the visitor center and
presents interpretive programs. For further information, call chief ranger
Guy LaChine at 478-752-8257 ext. 13 or superintendent Jim David at
478-752-8257 ext. 11. [Guy LaChine, OCMU]

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING CALENDAR

This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning
Report. Please note:

•     Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before a training
course begins, except in cases in which registration dates
      close much earlier.
•     Brevity in submissions is required and appreciated.
•     Please send along web sites for additional information where
possible.
•     Asterisks (*) indicate new entries; pound signs (#) indicate revised
entries.

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April 9 - 12: WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Contact course coordinator for
location. This course, a collaborative effort among BLM, USFS and the
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will provide participants
with information on the siting, construction, operation and management of
wireless telecommunications systems. Site field trip included. Tuition:
$450. Contact Chantel Jordan, 602-906-5515. [Michele Kuna, DEWA]

April 9 - 19: NPS CERTIFIED STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER, Sandy Hook Unit,
Gateway NRA, NJ. This 80-hour course combines the previous NPS Level I and
Level II structural fire suppression courses. Instruction includes lectures
and audio-visual aids, but maintains an emphasis on individual and engine
company manipulative skills essential for personal safety and effective and
safe fire ground operations. Students will participate in live fire and
smoke house exercises as members of engine companies and will practice
offensive, defensive and transitional initial attack procedures for
ignitable liquid and flammable gas, interior structures and vehicle fires.
Students will also be trained in auto extrication of the critically
injured. Contact: Dennis Soyka at 732-872-5931. [Hal Spencer, NIFC]

April 11: TEL STATION TRAINING: INTRODUCING THE CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDLIFE
AND WILDLAND INTERPRETERS' KIT. Deadline: April 4th. EPA, in partnership
with the NPS and USFWS, has created a kit of tools to use when talking with
the public about how climate change is affecting our nation's wildlife,
public lands, refuges and other national treasures. This interactive
satellite training event will be available on TEL stations using
push-to-talk microphones for instructor/student interaction. Contact: Jim
Boyd at 304-535-6401 or go to http://www.nps.gov/training . [Joyce Howe,
STMA]

April 16 - 18: BASIC EMT REFRESHER, Zion NP, UT. The practical and written
National Registry tests will be offered in the evening for those needing
NREMT certification (only the written test is required if you've passed a
state-approved practical test within the last year). Tuition: $75. Contact:
Cody Cole via email or at 435-772-0163. [Randy Coffman, RAD/WASO]

May 6 - 9: PIPELINE SYSTEMS. Contact course coordinator for location. This
course, a collaborative effort among BLM, USFS, NPS, USFWS, FERC and the
International Right-of-Way Association's International Pipeline Committee,
will provide participants with information on the siting, construction,
operation and management of oil and gas pipeline systems. Tuition: $500.
Contact Chantel Jordan, 602-906-5515. [Michele Kuna, DEWA]

May 27 - 29: GILDER LEHRMAN SEMINARS FOR INTERPRETERS AND EDUCATORS:
HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE AMERICAN WEST, Estes Park, CO. Closes on April
6th. An examination of the history of natural scientists in the cultural,
social and political contexts of their professional lives. Contact: Tony
Knapp at 304-535-6178 or http://www.nps.gov/training. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

* May 28 - 31: INSTRUCTOR TECHNIQUES FOR NON-LETHAL TRAINING AMMUNITION,
FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on April 24th. Candidates must have a Type 1
commission, be experienced firearms instructors actively engaged in
instructing, and be in good physical condition (there will be a stress
course of fire). Contact: Regional employee development officers or the
Learning Place BB for applications; FLETC for further information
(912-267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

June 3 - 5: GILDER LEHRMAN SEMINARS FOR INTERPRETERS AND EDUCATORS: SLAVERY
AND ANTI-SLAVERY, Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV. Closes on
April 6th. An examination of the origins and development of the movements
to end slavery in the United States from the colonial era to the end of the
Civil War. Contact: Tony Knapp at 304-535-6178 or
http://www.nps.gov/training. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

* June 3 - 7: INTRODUCTION TO PARK PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, Mather Training
Center, Harpers Ferry, WV. Closes on May 1st. The course is designed to
provide employees from all disciplines with tools and processes for
analyzing and accomplishing work, and techniques for planning and
organizing work, managing and accounting for funds, and evaluating results.
Contact: Karen Henry at 570-729-8255) or http://www.nps.gov/training .
[Joyce Howe, STMA]

* June 13 - September 21: BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR NATIONAL PARK RANGERS,
FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on April 24th. Contact: Regional employee
development officers or the Learning Place BB for applications; FLETC for
further information (912-267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

July 8 - 12: LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR MANAGERS, FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on May
5th. Training on basic law enforcement topics for upper level management
employees with supervisory  or oversight responsibility for law enforcement
programs. Contact: Regional employee development officers or the Learning
Place BB for applications; FLETC for further information (912-267-2246,
WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

Various Dates: GILDER LEHRMAN SUMMER SEMINARS FOR INTERPRETERS AND
EDUCATORS. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is offering
fourteen seminars that will provide NPS participants with the opportunity
to enhance their historical and interpretive skills. For more information
on the seminars and dates, go to http://www.nps.gov/training. Contact:
Sandra Weber, WASO Office of Interpretation and Education, 202-565-1057.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]

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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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