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Canyonlands National Park (UT)
Park Staff Provide Transport for Visitor to Town Parade
On Saturday, December 7, park staff provided transportation and
logistical support for an official visit by S. Claus at the city of
Moab's annual "Parade of Lights." The park vessel Bates Wilson
was lighted and equipped for sleigh duty and staffed with a team of
elves and a support crew. Thirty-eight brightly-lighted floats
participated in the parade, during which the city turned off all street
lights and closed Main Street. An appreciate crowd lined the streets
along the entire parade route. Personnel clerk Geni Ainge was incident
commander and coordinated sleigh decoration and elf recruitment.
[Submitted by Peter Fitzmaurice, Chief Ranger]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Law Enforcement and Emergency Services
AED Battery Problem Reported
A number of parks and other agencies are reporting problems with expiration of batteries on Survivalink brand AED's long before their expiration dates. If you have AED's of this type, please check the batteries and work with the companies representatives if you discover any problems. The AED's purchased by the National Park Service through the national procurement were not made by Survivalink. Those were manufactured by Medtronic, and no reports have been received of any problems with those units.
[Submitted by Randy Coffman, Ranger Activities Division, WASO]
Fire and Aviation Management
National Fire Prevention Team Training Nomination
Dates: 04/21/2003 - 04/25/2003
Location: Hood River, Oregon
This course is a component of the process to train and provide fire prevention and education teams to the field as a proactive communication tool to mitigate losses resulting from wildfires, reduce the occurrence of unwanted wildfires, and educate audiences about our wildfire policies.
These teams facilitate implementation of the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review's goals by providing for increased firefighter and public safety, building interagency efforts that educate the public and agency personnel about the role and risk of wildland fire, and working with others to develop and implement fire prevention plans during periods of high fire danger.
[Submitted by Pete Martin, pcmartin@or.blm.gov, 541-416-6857] More Information...
Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.
Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.