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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, February 14, 2011 INCIDENTS Ocmulgee NM Firefighters Suppress Arson Blaze At Dunlap House Superintendent Jim David received an alarm notification of a fire at the Dunlap house just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9th. The 1857 house played an important role in the park's civil war history and the WPA CCC era of excavation, and, until a few years ago, served as the superintendent's residence. Upon arrival, David found several units from the Macon Fire Department and Macon Police Department on scene. Although no smoke was seen, firefighters walked around the house, spotted a fire in one of the back bedrooms, entered, and suppressed the blaze. There was extensive damage to several rooms and smoke and heat damage throughout, but the house was saved due to the fire department's quick response. It's estimated that the fire was within minutes of "flashover," which would have resulted in total loss of the structure. The fire was caused by a man breaking into the house and setting a fire in the back bedroom. When the fire department arrived, firefighters saw the man standing alone in the field next to the house. Macon PD officers took him into custody. They found that he had cuts on his hands and that there was blood on the floor by the broken window used to access the house. Ranger Irv Brock is working with the police and fire departments on the investigation. The house was vacant and would have been destroyed without the fire alarm system. [Jim David, Superintendent] HYPERLINK "http://www.macon.com/2011/02/10/1445829/ocmulgee-national-monument-fire.html#" http://www.macon.com/2011/02/10/1445829/ocmulgee-national-monument-fire.html# OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/): National Capital Region - The National Park Service and staffs from two National Capital Region parks co-celebrated two birthdays on February 12th - those of African-American educator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass and of President Abraham Lincoln. Photo. Archeology Program - A call for nominations has been issued for the John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology. Submissions are due by February 28th. Fire and Aviation Management - To assist the aviation program in reaching out to NPS employees, employees are invited to take a short survey via Survey Monkey. Participating in the survey should take no more than 15 minutes and comments received will remain confidential. Photo. Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings and the status of legislation pertinent to the NPS. Today's summary includes eight new park-related bills, two of which would create new historic parks. Environmental Quality Division - Jim Haas will begin work as chief of the Environmental Quality Division's Resource Protection Branch on February 14th. * * * * Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of Communications and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |