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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, January 30, 2014 INCIDENTS Mount Rainier NP Seriously Injured Hiker Rescued From Panorama Point Trail On January 26th, a 40-year-old visitor from Yakima suffered a serious leg injury while descending on ice and snow on the Panorama Point trail. Although an air evacuation was originally considered, an interagency ground rescue was instead conducted due to her location and the non-critical nature of her injuries. Rangers requested assistance from the Tacoma and Olympic Mountain Rescue volunteer agencies to complete the low angle technical rescue. An air ambulance from Airlift Northwest was called in, but was sent back when it became apparent that nightfall would preclude a safe helicopter evacuation from the site. The incident was managed under a Type 4 incident command structure with Mary King serving as IC. All aspects of the rescue operation were successfully executed without incident. [Chuck Young, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, 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 Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/): Southeast Region - The winter storm that brought record snow and ice throughout the South, causing power outages, innumerable accidents, gridlock and other impacts, has led to the closure of the regional office and parts or all of many parks. Northeast Region - Jeff Finch, a preservation specialist with Northeast Region's Historic Architecture, Conservation and Engineering Center, passed away on Sunday, January 26th, after a brief, valiant struggle with cancer. George Washington Memorial Parkway - Joe Burns, a supervisory park ranger at George Washington Memorial Parkway, retired on January 11th after more than 32 years with the National Park Service. * * * * The Morning Report is 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@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |