NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, April 9, 2012

INCIDENTS

New River Gorge NR

Man Jumps To His Death From New River Gorge Bridge

On the morning of April 4, Fayette County deputies responded to a report of car parked on the New River Gorge Bridge. They located the vehicle, but found no one around. Suspecting a suicide, a hasty search was conducted under the bridge. Due to darkness, the search was unsuccessful and was postponed until daylight. Rangers were notified and responded to assist. Rangers and deputies continued the search at daylight and soon found the body of a 49-year-old man from Petersburg, Virginia, under the bridge. His body was recovered by rangers, deputies, and local fire and EMS personnel. Ranger Karl Keach is investigating ranger for the park, assisted by FTEP trainee Damon Derousse. [Frank Sellers, Canyon District 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/):

Visitor and Resource Protection - A memorandum entitled “Serious Incident Notification” was issued by the Washington Office on March 29th. The memo serves as a reminder that certain serious incidents that occur near or within park areas must be reported through the NPS' Serious Incident Reporting System.

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 Service. This report covers activities during the week ending on April 6th. Congress is now in recess and returns on April 16th.

NPS LETC - Ron Rods, a detail instructor in the tactics branch of the enforcement operations division at FLETC, has been selected as NPS LETC's advanced program manager.

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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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