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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, December 17, 2012 INCIDENTS Eastern Areas Scaled Back Recovery Operations Continue Hurricane recovery operations continue under the leadership of the Western IMT. Due to stabilization and repair progress at affected parks, the incident response is being scaled back. Currently, there are 128 National Park Service employees supporting recovery efforts, a reduction from a high of 546. Here's today's status update: Statue of Liberty - Mold mitigation is set to begin today. Fire Island - Debris removal at Sailor's Haven continues. Stabilization efforts continue at the Patchogue maintenance garage and the Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters Gateway - Resource advisors continue mapping wrecked boats and coordinating upcoming boat removals. The following actions were also reported: Fort Tilden - Road and trail operations, building utility repairs, and sand redistribution operations continued. Mold mitigation has been completed on all residences listed on the original task order. Jacob Riis Park - Road and trail clearing and sand redistribution continued (90% complete). Clean sand continues to be brought to the beach (80% complete). Great Kills - Debris removal operations and sand redistribution continued (approximately 65% complete). Cleanup of harbor debris has begun. Miller Field - Work has been completed and the site is now being used by response teams and for staging private contractors and equipment. Sandy Hook - Debris removal from roadsides and beach plazas, the construction and placement of shutters on exposed windows and doors on buildings at Fort Hancock, the replacement of oil tank gauges, and work on the main water line continue. Contractors are clearing the wastewater treatment plant (75% complete). 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. [Jason Wickersty, Incident Information Officer] 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/): The White House - President Obama has directed that all United States flags be flown at half staff though sunset on Tuesday, December 18th, as a mark of respect for the victims of the shootings in Connecticut. Gateway NRA - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar took an aerial tour of parks damaged by Hurricane Sandy last Thursday, touching down at Statue of Liberty National Monument for a brief tour of Liberty Island. Workplace Enrichment - NPS employees are passionate about the agency's mission and like the work they do. Over 7,000 permanent employees responded to this year's survey. A summary and links to detailed information are provided. 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 the week ending on Friday, December 14th. Learning and Development - Lonnie R. Lowe, employee development specialist in the Learning and Development Division and manager of the Albright-Wirth Grant Program, will retire on December 31st after almost 37 years of total federal service, 28 of them with the National Park Service. Denver Service Center - Rodger Evans, chief of the Western Division, Design and Construction, will retire on December 28th after 38 years of federal service. He served all 34 years of his NPS career at the Denver Service Center. Golden Gate NRA - Pat Norton, a supervisory law enforcement ranger at Golden Gate National Recreational Area, will be retiring on December 26th after 35 years with the National Park Service. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |