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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, August 2, 2012 INCIDENTS Yellowstone NP Rangers Involved In Three Major Same-Day EMS Responses Yellowstone National Park rangers spent Monday responding to numerous incidents, including several involving significant injuries to visitors. C.D., 56, of Gernsheim, Germany, sustained a head injury when he was thrown from a horse near Tower Junction. He later died from his injuries after being flown by life flight to a Billings, Montana, hospital. A 37-year-old man from Provo, Utah, suffered thermal burns on the Solitary Geyser Trail in the Upper Geyser Basin. He was transported by ambulance to West Yellowstone, Montana, and from there by airplane to the Salt Lake City Burn Center. A 65-year-old British national from Bangkok, Thailand, suffered injuries when he was thrown into the air by a bull bison at Mammoth Hot Springs. He was transported to Memorial Hospital in Livingston, Montana. Yellowstone employees respond to an average of 700 emergency medical calls each year. [Public Affairs] Mount Rainier NP Rider In Bicycle Event Dies Of Injuries Suffered In Accident S.A., 60, of Lakewood, Washington, succumbed to injuries he incurred when he was involved in a single bicycle crash while riding in a large organized ride on Stevens Canyon Road last Thursday. S.A. was participating in RAMROD (Ride around Mount Rainier in One Day), a non-competitive bicycle tour that has been held in part within the park for 29 years under the terms of a special use permit. The 152-mile tour route starts and ends in Enumclaw, Washington. The route covers portions of park roads and two Washington state highways, climbing and descending two mountain passes. The event is limited to 800 riders and on this tour as many as 765 participants finished the park portion of the ride. The accident occurred during the early afternoon hours in the Stevens Canyon section of the tour route. S.A., who had participated in RAMROD several times before, was riding down a steep downhill section of the canyon road when he crashed onto the road surface, sustaining severe head trauma. Rangers and the RAMROD event ambulance, operated by American Medical Response (AMR), were on scene within minutes of the accident. S.A. was flown by Airlift Northwest EMS helicopter to Harborview Hospital in Seattle. He died of his injuries there the following day. The cause of the accident is under investigation. [R. Chuck Young, 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/): Director's Office (internal only) - In today's Flat Hat Chat, Director Jarvis highlights the NPS wildland fire program, shares his personal experiences working in fire management, and encourages everyone to get involved with fire to enhance skills in leadership, team-building, and safety. Northeast Region - Ten ProRangers met with Deputy Director Peggy O'Dell last week to discuss the ProRanger program, their summer internship experiences, and their NPS career goals. The ProRanger Philadelphia program is a four year academic and technical skills training and paid internship program administered cooperatively by the NPS and Temple University. Pacific West Region - Jim Thomson, former regional archaeologist for Pacific West Region and beloved friend and mentor, passed away in Seattle on July 24th from leukemia-related complications. Intermountain Region - Jay Grass, a 15-year veteran employee of the federal government, has been named regional safety, occupational health and wellness manager for Intermountain Region. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |