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Natchez Trace Parkway (AL,MS,TN)
Fatal Auto Accident
Rangers in the Ridgeland District received a report of a single-vehicle accident near milepost 135 on Tuesday, April 4th. They found that the vehicle had gone off the road and hit a tree. Extrication of the 62-year-old driver and sole occupant of the vehicle took about 45 minutes. He was taken to Leake Memorial Hospital, then to St. Dominic's for treatment of traumatic injuries. He died of his injuries on Friday, April 7th. [Submitted by Charles Cuvelier, Chief Ranger]
FIRE MANAGEMENT
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NIFC/NPS Fire and Aviation Management
National Fire Situation Highlights
Preparedness Level 2
Initial attack was heavy on Monday. A total of 389 new fires were reported. Eight of them became large fires -- two in Texas, one in North Carolina, one in Mississippi, two in Florida, one in Wyoming and one in Minnesota. Six were quickly contained. The fires in Wyoming and Minnesota continue to burn, and a Type 2 team (see below) has been dispatched to the former.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois and Kansas.
NPS Fires
For a brief supplemental narrative on each fire, click on the bar with the arrow. Internal NPS readers can link directly to full reports on each fire by clicking on the notepad icon; public readers of the Morning Report can obtain similar information by going to http://www.nps.gov/fire/news
No updates on National Park Service fires have been received since yesterday.
National/State Team Commitments
Newly listed fires (on this report) appear below in boldface. Changes in the status of a fire (type of team, change from a fire to a complex, etc.) are also noted in boldface.
Fires are sorted by type of team; teams are listed in alphabetical order within each type by the IC's last name.
|
State |
Agency |
Team |
IC |
Fire and Location |
4/9 |
4/10 |
% Con |
Est Con |
|
AR |
USFS |
T1 |
Custer |
Flatside Fire, Ouachita NF |
3,500 |
3,800 |
60 |
4/16 |
|
TX |
State |
T2 |
Hannemann |
West Texas IA, Granbury, TX |
4,580 |
4,610 |
NR |
UNK |
|
WY |
USFS |
T2 |
Mullenix |
Homestead Park #2, Shoshone NF |
--- |
500 |
10 |
UNK |
National Resource Commitments
|
Date |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Sun |
Mon |
|
Day |
4/1 |
4/2 |
4/3 |
4/4 |
4/5 |
4/9 |
4/10 |
|
Crews |
10 |
0 |
30 |
5 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
|
Engines |
112 |
67 |
75 |
72 |
116 |
129 |
229 |
|
Helicopters |
14 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
17 |
|
Air Tankers |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
|
Overhead |
364 |
250 |
252 |
308 |
352 |
282 |
370 |
Further Information
This report is meant to present just highlights of the current fire situation. Two other NIFC sites provide much greater detail:
Full NIFC Situation Report (PDF file) -- http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.pdf
National Fire News -- http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
Information on NPS Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) and on park fires can be found at:
FAM -- http://www.nps.gov/fire
Park fires -- http://www.nps.gov/fire/news
OPERATIONAL NOTES
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Director/Deputy Directors
DO-9 On Law Enforcement Now Out
Director's Order 9 on law enforcement has been approved by Director Mainella. It supersedes and replaces the interim renewal issued on December 31, 2004. In conjunction with Reference Manual 9 and the U.S. Park Police General Orders, this Director's Order establishes and defines the general standards, policies, and procedures for all NPS law enforcement functions.
A copy of the Director's Order is available by clicking on 'More Information' below.
More Information...
PARKS AND PEOPLE
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Springfield Armory National Historic Site (MA)
Michael Quijano Named Superintendent
Michael Quijano has been selected as the new superintendent of Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
'Michael brings a wealth of Park Service operational experience spanning over 20 years, and is truly excited about working with the greater Springfield community to maintain the strong historic ties between the community and the Armory,' said regional director Mary Bomar. 'He looks forward to exploring opportunities for new partnerships that will benefit the area and its future goals, while protecting a significant piece of our nation's history.'
'I am honored to have been selected as the Superintendent of Springfield Armory,' said Quijano. 'This is a wonderful opportunity to represent the National Park Service at such an important historic site.'
Quijano currently serves as the chief ranger over the Division of Resource Protection and Management at Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In this position, he manages law enforcement and emergency services, natural and cultural resource management and land acquisition programs. He also serves as the park's Native American and Hispanic liaison working with the park's 23 affiliated tribes. He has also served as the Intermountain Region's Southwest Cluster chief ranger chair since 2003.
He started his career with the National Park Service as a cooperative education student at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas, in 1983, while studying at the university. Through his career, he has served as an interpretive ranger, law enforcement ranger, horse patrol supervisor, intake trainee, acting subdistrict ranger, chief of interpretation, chief of resource management, acting facility manager, chief ranger and Native American and Hispanic liaison. These assignments covered three regions and included Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games (a special assignment), Denali National Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Chamizal National Memorial, and Petroglyph National Monument.
Quijano was born and raised on the Mexico/US border in El Paso,
Texas, and graduated from Coronado High School in 1980. From 1980 to
1981, he lived in Muttenz, Baseland, Switzerland, as a foreign exchange
student through the Youth For Understanding (YFU) program. He
attended the University of Texas at El Paso, where he served as a
foreign language tutor in Spanish, German, French and Russian. During
his senior year he completed a 'semester at sea' program through the
University of Pittsburgh before graduating with a BA in cultural
anthropology and foreign languages (Spanish, German, French, Italian,
Russian and Portuguese).
[Submitted by Phil Sheridan, Public Affairs, NERO]
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