RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date:  Tuesday, January 8, 1991

INCIDENTS

91-3 - Zion (Utah) - MVA with Two Concession Employee Fatalities

During the early morning hours of January 6th, M.W., 24, 
and N.H., 26, both employees of Zion Lodge, were killed 
when their pickup truck slammed head-on into a tree on the road 
directly in front of the lodge and burned.  Accident scene 
investigators have calculated that the vehicle was travelling at 
over 80 mph when it hit the tree.  Alcohol is thought to be a 
contributing factor.  Both victims were residents of Utah.  
(Larry Van Slyke, CR, ZION, via telefax from J.T. Reynolds, 
RAD/RMRO, 1/7).

91-4 - Mt. Rainier (Washington) - Climbing Fatality

M.F., 26, of Anchorage, Alaska, and two companions were 
descending from Camp Muir at the mountain's 10,000-foot level on 
the morning of January 3rd when M.F. separated from the party 
to find a better route to the west.  M.F. was on skis; his 
companions were not.  They reached Paradise later that day and 
waited until 4:00 in the afternoon for him to appear.  When he 
failed to arrive, they notified the park.  A group of rangers 
and one of M.F.'s two partners searched for him throughout 
the night.  At approximately 4:00 a.m. they found his tracks and 
followed them to the edge of a cliff, where they found skid 
marks, one of his ski poles, and a piece of climbing equipment.  
Later that morning, a helicopter found M.F.'s body about 
1,000 feet below the cliff edge.  (Bill Larson, NOCA, via 
CompuServe message from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 1/7).

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: No travel scheduled.

Branch of Fire: Erskine at NWCG meeting, Tempe, AZ (1/7-1/9) and 
on AL (1/10-1/11); Norum at prescribed fire working team meeting, 
Tempe, AZ (1/7-1/11); Broyles at training working team meeting, Phoenix, 
AZ  (1/8-1/11); Gale at Yosemite fire review, WRO, San Francisco, CA 
(1/10).

Telephone:  FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax:    FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER (Branch of R&VP); WASO-FIRE-WO (Branch of Fire)
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