RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, June 24, 1991
INCIDENTS
91-229 - Alaska Region (Alaska) - Helicopter Accident
On the afternoon of June 6th, an NPS employee was in the process
of loading a radio antenna on a contract helicopter at an air
strip in Nome in order to take it to a site on Granite Mountain
when the antenna struck the Bell 206B's blades. The rotor
suffered some noticeable damage, but no one was injured.
[Telefaxed report from RAD/ARO, 6/21]
91-230 - Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) - Conviction for Indecent
Activities
On June 12th, R.L.G. of Walkersville, Maryland, was
found guilty of disorderly conduct following his arrest for
indecent acts committed as a transvestite while in the park.
Due to sufficient identifying information provided by a teenage
witness and facts uncovered during an investigation, R.L.G.
was positively identified as the person who committed the acts.
It was also learned that he'd committed the same offense in the
park on two occasions during the previous eight months, but that
the witnesses to those acts were unwilling to appear in court.
R.L.G. was found guilty due to the excellent testimony of the
witness and the testimony of the investigating ranger, who
brought to light a number of contradictory and unusual
statements made by R.L.G. during three separate interviews.
Though the magistrate suggested that R.L.G. seek professional
counseling, he did not order it because R.L.G. had no prior
convictions. R.L.G. was instead fined $250 and ordered to pay
the costs for his legal representation. [CompuServe message
from Mac Heebner, CR, GETT, 6/20]
91-231 - Colonial (Virginia) - Suicide
A Williamsburg, Virginia, police officer investigating a missing
person report on A.H., 60, of that community, found
Hunt's body in his vehicle in a pullout along Colonial Parkway
on the morning of the 21st. Preliminary investigation indicates
that the death was a suicide. A.H. was found in an area of
exclusive NPS jurisdiction, and the FBI is investigating.
[CompuServe message from COLO, 6/21]
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II
2) FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire 6/23 6/24 Status
AK BLM/AK Tanana Zone * B376 T2 100 3,000 None
FWS Yukon Flats NWR * B381 640 2,000 None
AK AK * B356 2,500 None
AZ USFS Tonto NF * St. Clair 1,100 1,100 CN
NM BLM Albuquerque Dist. * Lava 400 320 CN 6/25
NOTES:
Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire (on this report).
T1 and T2 indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
Status - The following abbreviations are employed:
* NR No report received * MS Modified suppression strategy
* CN Contained * MN Being monitored
* CL Controlled * None No estimate of containment
* CS Confinement strategy
3) FIRE ACTIVITY SUMMARY
Fires Acres
1991 (Year-to-date) 36,630 537,369
1990 (Year-to-date) 31,547 630,205
4) ANALYSIS - Several more areas in the Southwest are reporting
extreme fire indices. Initial attack activity in Alaska is
increasing; more than 70 requests for overhead teams have been
submitted and one Type I crew has been sent from the Lower 48.
5) PROGNOSIS - Activity is expected to increase in both Alaska
and the Southwest due to forecasted weather and extreme burning
conditions.
[Fire Management Situation Report, NIFCC Intelligence Section,
0529 MDT, 6/24; NICC Daily Situation Report, 1346 MDT, 6/23]
STAFF STATUS
Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.
Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Schamp on travel to
Alaska (6/24-7/2); Marriott on drug operations review, Big Bend
(6/24-6/27).
Branch of Fire & Aviation: Bristol at VAX training session,
Digital Corp., Englewood, Colorado (6/24-6/28); Botti at
congressional liaison training session, WASO (6/23-6/29); Berg
conducting audits at Big Cypress and Everglades (6/24-6/28); Gale
on AL (6/24-6/25).