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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, September 19, 2006 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Shenandoah NP Rescue Of Injured Hiker On the evening of September 9th, the park received a report that a 28-year-old man had sustained a leg and/or ankle fracture while hiking in the "rock scramble" zone near the summit of Old Rag Mountain. Consideration was given to using a USPP helicopter to extract the victim, but impending darkness and forecast fog ruled that option out. A ground evacuation was accordingly set into motion. Due the man's location deep within the rock scramble, the extraction was one of the most labor intensive to occur at Shenandoah over at least the past several decades. The park's high-angle rescue team effected a series of technical and semi-technical maneuvers during the 15-hour operation. A flight paramedic from the University of Virginia Hospital hiked in with the team and provided advanced life support care. The entire operation involved 29 park rescuers and support personnel and about 16 responders from the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group, Madison County Rescue Squad, and Madison County Fire Department. The man underwent surgery at the hospital and is expected to make a good recovery. [Clay Jordan, Deputy Chief Ranger/Incident Commander] Yukon-Charley Rivers NP Boating Accident With Serious Injury A visitor from Eagle River was seriously injured in a boating accident on the Yukon River on September 9th. At approximately 8 p.m., the boat, carrying three hunters, hit a gravel bar near Slaven's Roadhouse, approximately 100 miles downriver from Eagle. One of the men was thrown from his seat into the boat's interior framing and sustained head and neck trauma and a dislocated shoulder. He lost mobility in his arms and legs, briefly lost consciousness, and experienced difficulty breathing. His two companions used an air horn on board to alert a party of hunters at Slaven's. They boated to the accident scene, then traveled overland to report the accident to NPS staff on patrol in the area. NPS dispatch notified Alaska State Troopers and a MAST helicopter was dispatched to the scene. A park ranger/medic and a second ranger responded overland, then by boat, and provided emergency medical care to the injured man. He was immobilized, extricated from the boat, transported by NPS vessel to a landing zone near Slaven's Roadhouse, and flown by helicopter to a hospital. At last report, his condition was improving and he was recovering some mobility in his extremities. [Maura Longden, Chief of Operations] NEWS Training and Development - On October 1st, the NPS will complete the migration from its current learning management system, My Learning Manager, to DOI LEARN. The new system will allow all NPS personnel to access training opportunities across the Department of the Interior. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4779" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4779 Fort McHenry - Over the second weekend of September, Fort McHenry celebrated the 192nd anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore and the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in grand style with fireworks, military music and an artillery barrage. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4780" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4780 Fire and Aviation Management - A recruitment program called Firefighter Integrated Recruitment and Employment System (FIRES) is now being expanded to assist all requesting parks with seasonal firefighter recruiting efforts. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4775" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4775 Cape Hatteras - Park beaches that were seasonally closed to off-road vehicle (ORV) use in front of Hatteras Island villages reopened on Saturday, September 16th. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4781" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4781 MEDIA San Francisco Chronicle - Story on Redwood N&SP cracking down on redwood theft. Also references to resource crimes in the NPS. HYPERLINK "http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/17/MNGIHL7B4U1.DTL" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/17/MNGIHL7B4U1.DTL PEOPLE Yosemite - Ethnographer Craig Bates, a well-known author and scholar on Yosemite Indians, has taken a disability retirement after 33 years of service. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1319" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1319 JOBS Southern Arizona Office - The office has two human resources assistant positions open. HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Jobs&id=2504" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Jobs&id=2504 * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |