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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, March 12, 2012 INCIDENTS Lake Mead NRA Park Firefighters Suppress Bus Blaze Park dispatch received a report of a bus fully engulfed in flames near the high tension power lines at Hoover Dam on the afternoon of March 5th. Officers from Hoover Dam PD were able to get all the passengers off and move them to a safe location while rangers and firefighters from the park and Boulder City responded. Hoover Dam PD, Boulder City FD, the Nevada Highway Patrol and the NPS established a unified command and began efforts to suppress the blaze. Boulder City and park firefighters shared water and resources. Due to the lack of water in the area, the growing size of the fire, and threats to visitors and surrounding structures, park maintenance was called and workers responded with a water tanker. The fire was put out with no injuries or further damage incurred. [Prashant Lotwala, Supervisory Park Ranger, Mead District] 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/): Pea Ridge NMP - Abundant sunshine and temperatures in the mid 60's brought 21,000 visitors to the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Pea Ridge this past Saturday - a new one-day visitation record for the park. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers activities during the week ending on March 9th. Office of Communications - DOI has announced the awarding of $8.4 million in grants to 131 American Indian tribes to support tribal historic preservation offices. National Capital Region - Kym Elder has been selected as the new program manager for the NPS-managed Civil War defenses of Washington. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |