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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, September 30, 2014 INCIDENTS Chickasaw NRA Rangers Assist At Multiple Casualty Incident On the evening of Friday, September 26th, rangers joined in a major mutual aid response to an accident involving a tractor trailer and a school bus on Interstate 35. The truck was travelling northbound when it crossed the median into the southbound lane of traffic and collided with a bus carrying 16 members of the North Central Texas College women's softball team. Rangers assisted in triage and providing patient care to the 17 people injured in the accident. Unfortunately, three people on the bus died at the scene and a fourth later died of her injuries at a local hospital in Sulphur. At least nine other agencies in the area responded to this accident. It is being investigated by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the National Transportation Safety Board. INCLUDEPICTURE "https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET [Aaron Shandor, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Bandelier NM - Nearly 500 visitors enjoyed the third annual production of Opera on the Rocks at the park's amphitheater in late August, this year featuring Mozart's “Don Giovanni.” Park Facility Management Division - The newest issue of EPN: Environmental Purchasing In The NPS, a newsletter dedicated to green purchasing news from around the system, is now available. Fort Scott NHS - The park and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services held a naturalization ceremony last Friday to welcome 90 new United States citizens from 36 countries spanning all six populated continents. Office of Communications - Two grants totaling $73,650 have been awarded by the National Center for Preservation Technology & Training to assist with projects using science and technology for historic preservation. National Capital Region - John Stanwich, a 23-year veteran of federal service, has been promoted to the position of National Park Service liaison to the White House. Intermountain Region - Dr. Brendan Moynahan has been selected as the new Rocky Mountain CESU research coordinator. He is duty stationed in Missoula, Montana. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ 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). --- ### --- |