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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, March 4, 2011 INCIDENTS Glen Canyon NRA Fire Destroys Four Vessels At Wahweap Marina Firefighters battling a fire in the Wahweap Marina on the evening of March 2nd were able to save 40 vessels. Park dispatch received a call reporting the fire just after 4:30 p.m. Rangers and firefighters responded immediately in the HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=10068" park's new fireboat. By the time they got to the scene, four private houseboats moored at the “O” dock were engulfed in flames. The Page and Greenehaven fire departments also responded, and the fire was contained by 5 p.m. The fireboat was used to both fight the fire and to tow burning vessels out from their slips in the marina in order to prevent the blaze from spreading to other vessels. Four houseboats and one personal watercraft were completely destroyed, and a fifth suffered serious damage. Several fingers of the “O” dock sustained very heavy damage - a preliminary estimate by Aramark, the park concessioner, places the total damage to the dock and boats at about $1 million. The quick response to the fire prevented other boats from being damaged. The new fireboat was critical in containing the fire safely and efficiently. The burned vessels were moved to the Wahweap launch ramp, which is at present closed to the public. The Stateline launch ramp has been opened for public use. The NPS and Coconino County Sheriff's Officer are investigating the cause of the fire. [Veronica Lane] 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 has issued its annual forecast for the dates when Washington's myriad cherry trees will hit peak bloom. Pacific West Region - Rosie Pepito has been selected to be the next superintendent of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. The monument, established in 2000, is jointly managed by the NPS and BLM. Photo. National Capital Region - John Lindsay Hoke, conservationist, children's book author, illustrator, photographer and former employee at NCR's Center for Urban Ecology, passed away on February 25th. Servicewide Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation through the end of 2011, plus online training. Added to this week's calendar are four new FLETC training courses. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |