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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, November 4, 2011 INCIDENTS Gateway NRA Sandy Hook Fire Department Responds To House Fire On the evening of Monday, October 31st, the Sea Bright Fire Department was dispatched to a structural fire in the 400 block of Ocean Avenue, just outside the entrance to the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. While first alarm fire units were still responding, the Monmouth County Fire Dispatch Center advised that they were receiving calls reporting that the building was fully involved. Upon arrival, Sea Bright FD found fire issuing from one side of the building and also came upon a person who'd been burned by the blaze. A general alarm was transmitted which brought mutual aid fire companies from Monmouth Beach, Highlands, Sandy Hook, Rumson and Oceanport to the fire scene. Members of the Sandy Hook FD were with the Sea Bright FD on the first attack line through the second floor door, while other members went to work with the truck companies opening up ceilings, searching for fire extension, and conducting overhaul. Two members of the Sea Bright FD were injured - one was treated on scene and the other transported to the hospital and subsequently released. The Sea Bright Fire Marshalls Office is investigating the incident. [Frank DeLuca, Supervisory Park Ranger] 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/): Keweenaw NHP - Keweenaw National Historical Park celebrated the opening of the Calumet Visitor Center on Thursday, October 27th. It's the first NPS-operated visitor facility at the park, which also celebrated its nineteenth anniversary on Thursday. Midwest Region - Robert “Bob” Palmer, chief ranger at Herbert Hoover NHS, has received the 2011 Midwest Region Harry Yount Award. Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. The following are new on this week's calendar - three new offerings of NPS Fundamentals II at Albright Training Center, this year's offering of the Eastern basic technical rescue training course at Delaware Water Gap, and a Level II tracking school at Lake Meredith. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |