NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

INCIDENTS

Padre Island NS

Rangers Intervene In Attempted Suicide

Early on the morning of January 27th, a ranger on patrol came upon a vehicle parked on the beach with the driver door ajar. The gas cap appeared to have been burned and there were burn marks on the rear quarter panel of the vehicle. An unconscious woman was found reclined in the driver's seat. The ranger called for ALS from Corpus Christi Fire Department and secured the area. The ranger was able to awaken the woman and determined that she had overdosed on an unknown substance in an attempt to commit suicide. Additional rangers responded. They provided medical care until Corpus Christi FD arrived on scene. The woman was transported to a local hospital. Investigation confirmed that she'd tried to kill herself and burn her vehicle. [Timothy Thompson, 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/):

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - The Central Alaska Network Paleontological Resource Inventory Report, the 32nd and final I&M network-based inventory of paleontological resource data from throughout the National Park System, has been completed. All reports are now available internally.

Great Smoky Mountains NP - Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not only the nation's most visited national park, it also tops the 397 national park units in visitor spending. A link is provided to the complete 2010 revenue generation report.

Office of Communications - A video of the entirety of Ranger Margaret Anderson's memorial service has been posted to the web - a link is provided. Rangers and officers are also reminded that yesterday was the last day for wearing mourning bands on badges.

Jewel Cave NM - Two longtime Jewel Cave volunteers, Herb and Jan Conn, were recently inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in recognition of their pioneering effort to explore and discover over 60 miles of cave passages at Jewel Cave.

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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).

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