NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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INCIDENTS

Blue Ridge Parkway

Arrest For Arson And Attempted Murder

In the early hours of June 5th, the park received a report of an arson fire in a employee dorm room at the Pisgah Inn (a park concession). A man had broken in a window, splashed gasoline inside a room, thrown in the gas container, then ignited the fuel. Four people were in the room at the time of the attack. Concession employees took rapid action with fire extinguishers and limited the damage to the contents of the room. Fortunately, no one was injured. The investigation led to a suspect, a former boyfriend of one of the people in the room, who was later located in another county. He has been taken into custody for arson, with other charges likely. The investigation was conducted cooperatively by law enforcement rangers, an NPS special agent, a state arson investigator, and the US Attorney's Office. [Steve Stinnett, Assistant Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories (among others) can be read on either the InsideNPS web site (if you are within the National Park Service) or at the InsideNPS public ‘news digest' site (if you are outside of the NPS). The web sites appear below:

Office of International Affairs - The Office of International Affairs has developed a new and improved skills roster for employees who are interested in being considered for possible future international assignments.

Shenandoah NP - During the week from April 23rd to April 27th, 29 students and 12 instructors assembled daily in Shenandoah National Park for the 11th annual National Park Service eastern high-angle rescue training course.

To see the above articles, go to InsideNPS ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/) or NPS Digest ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/). For NPS incident reporting standards, go to HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov, 570-426-2430).

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