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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, November 29, 2012 INCIDENTS Eastern Areas Hurricane Recovery Operations Continue The National Park Service incident management team completed its 24th day of operation yesterday. Currently working with the team are 457 National Park Service employees from 102 parks and 38 states, down from a high of 546. Today's update follows: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - Cleanup of the administrative building on Ellis Island continued, as did repair of damaged machinery. Temporary storage units were delivered to Liberty Island. Winterization of buildings continued. Gateway - Reports have been received on the following areas: Fort Tilden - Road and trail clearing is now 60% complete. Sand redistribution has begun. Riis Park - Road and trail clearing is now 65% complete. The maintenance storage building and horse barn for the Park Police Marine Unit were assessed. Great Kills - Debris removal from parking lots has been completed; sand redistribution is 25% complete. Miller Field - Sand redistribution at Miller Field is 40% complete. Water heater and water line work was completed in Buildings 6 and 26. Fort Wadsworth - Debris removal at Seabee Park is 65% complete. Sandy Hook - Crews began a survey for unexploded ordnance on the beach, worked on providing heat to sewer treatment plant buildings, continued work on water system and sewage pump stations, continued to remove debris from basements, continued removing piles from roadsides and the Gunnison Beach/Plaza area, completed boarding doors and work on roofs as needed, and conducted HVAC/boiler and electrical assessments in buildings. Cultural resources and interpretive staff worked on inventory, cleaning and drying of historical archives. A contractor is now on site, removing tree debris, asphalt, and damaged appliances. Fire Island - Boardwalk removal within the wilderness area continued, as did breach and overwash assessments. Hazardous materials removal continued at the Keepers Quarters. Maintenance staff continued the restoration of the lighthouse annex and Patchogue garage. More information on the response can be found at these websites: Hurricane response and recovery - A HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/waso/waso.cfm?prg=1168&lv=3" webpage with current information on the NPS response to Hurricane Sandy. Resource needs shopping list - A HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custommenu.cfm?lv=3&prg=1168&id=10935" ”shopping list” HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/documents/SHOPPING%20LIST%2011-5.pdf" of incident management team positions that still need to be filled, updated daily. Hurricane Sandy relief fund - E&AA has set up a HYPERLINK "http://www.eparks.com/_" relief fund web page where you can make donations in support of employees who were affected by the storm. Facebook - A HYPERLINK "https://www.facebook.com/HurricaneResponseNPS" Facebook page managed by the IMT with updates on the response. Twitter - A HYPERLINK "http://mobile.twitter.com/NPS_Sandy?" Twitter page managed by the IMT with updates on the response. Flickr - A HYPERLINK "http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyresponsenps/sets/72157631954446291/" Flickr page managed by the IMT with images of the response. 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/): Blue Ridge Parkway - A ceremony was held on November 15th at Blue Ridge Parkway to dedicate a memorial to Dana Bruce, a park maintenance worker who died in an accident while at work last May. Recreation Fee Program - National Park Service permanent, term, and seasonal employees and volunteers can show off their best photos of NPS and other federal recreational lands by entering the first-ever Share the Experience Employee Photo Contest. Office of Communications - Eastern National has put out a special supplemental edition of Arrowhead on the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on National Park Service areas and on the NPS response. A link is provided. Denver Service Center - Carol Simpson has been selected as the DSC Division Chief for Information Management. She began her new position on November 19th. Alaska Region - Margaret L. Goodro, a land manager with extensive experience across the western United States, has been selected as the new superintendent of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |