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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, January 13, 2012 INCIDENTS Canaveral NS Visitor Saved From Drowning Ranger Ben Hansel received a dispatch call through the Kennedy Space Center's emergency operations center on December 29th. The dispatcher said that the center had received a 911 call reporting that a man was in the water near one of Canaveral's parking areas and was being swept out to sea. Hansel commandeered a paddleboat from a park visitor and asked for his help. Hansel then stripped down to his undergarments and the two men paddled out through the surf. They reached the drowning man but were pulled south by strong currents. They made several more attempts, but were still unable to reach him. Kennedy Center security officers and Brevard County deputies soon arrived and joined in the rescue effort. Together, they were able to reach the man and get him to shore, where he was checked by paramedics and declined further treatment. The quick thinking and immediate actions taken by Hansel and the officers' disregard for their own safety in carrying out their duty to protect human life averted what would otherwise likely have been a drowning death. [Eric Lugo, Chief 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/): Glacier Bay NP&P - On New Year's Day, park staff in survival suits plunged into 35 degree ocean waters for the annual Gumby swim challenge, a crossing of Bartlett Cove Lagoon to Lester Island and back again. Chief Information Officer - The beta version of NPSearch, a system that allows discovery of content from many NPS information systems using a single search interface, has been released. A link is provided so that you can try it out. Climate Change Response - The November/December 2011 Climate Change Response Program's newsletter is now available. A link is provided. Office of Communications - Lena McDowall has been selected as the Service's associate director for business services. She will assume her new position on February 12th. Whiskeytown NRA - Alan Foster, a special agent with the Investigative Services Branch, retired on January 31st following nearly 34 years with the NPS. National Capital Region - Cynthia “SAM” Salter-Stith, youth programs and special emphasis recruitment manager for National Capital Region, retired on December 30th after 31 years with the National Park Service. Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. The following are new additions to this week's calendar - a class on preservation and treatment of park cultural resources in California, an iron and steel preservation conference in Michigan, two Taser training classes at Acadia, and this year's basic technical rescue course (west) at Canyonlands. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |