NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, May 14, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-203 - National Capital Parks East (D.C.) - Hazmat Incident

Park Police officers and city firefighters responded to a hazardous material
incident at the James Creek Marina on the evening of May 10th.  A 55-gallon
drum containing unknown contents had been pulled form the Anacostia River and
deposited on the dock at the marina.  The area was secured; Coast Guard
investigators removed the drum from the site.  The investigation continues. 
[Bill Lynch, LES, NCFDO]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE SUMMARY

                                                                     %   Est
State      Unit                Fire          IMT     5/13     5/14  Con  Con

AK    State                  Kazakof Bay      T2    1,500    1,500    0  NEC
                             Hidden Creek     T2      150    3,000    0  NEC
                             Bear Mountain    --      200      150   70  5/13

CA    Angeles NF           * Bouquet          --        -      300    0  NEC
      Riverside RU         * Pony             --        -    1,038   80  5/13

SC    State                * Forest Brook     --        -      900  100  CND 

Heading Notes

     Unit --    Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
                or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
                district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
     Fire --    * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
                limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
                strategy
     IMT --     T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
     % Con --   Percent of fire contained
     Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
                containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report

FIRES AND ACRES BURNED

                NPS     BIA      BLM     FWS    States     USFS      Total

Number            0      87        3       0       186       16        292
Acres Burned      0     108      918     750     4,571      380      6,727

COMMITTED RESOURCES 

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal           38        72           16               2            118
Non-federal       25        45           10               4             24

CURRENT SITUATION 

Alaska mobilized another Type II team yesterday afternoon.  Fire activity
increased in southern California.  Demobilization continued in the Southwest;
resource mobilization through NICC remained minimal.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK 

NICC has posted FIRE WEATHER WATCHES for gusty winds and low relative
humidity in northern and eastern Arizona, and for high winds on Kenai
Peninsula and Kodiak Island.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/14]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Incident Management - On April 18th, the Associate Director for Park
Operations and Education issued a memorandum requesting applicants for the
Service's Type I all-risk incident management team (IMT).  Three positions
are being recruited as alternates to that team - information officer, finance
section chief, and logistics section chief.  The original due date for
applications was May 15th.  That deadline has been extended to June 1st, as
it appears that the memo is just now reaching some areas.  Applicants need
approval of their superintendents and need to be available for a three year
period.  Questions should be addressed to either Rick Gale, deputy chief of
Ranger Activities, or from incident commander Jim Northup at Big Bend.  [Rick
Gale, RAD/WASO]

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.
 
UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The following activities will be taking place in Congress during coming weeks
on matters pertaining to the National Park Service.  If you would like
further information on any of these hearings or bills, please contact Stacey
Rickard in WASO Legislation at 202-208-3636. 

May 15

Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
(Gorton): Hearing on FY97 budget request for the Department of Interior.

May 16

Senate Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation (Campbell): Hearing on S. 1049, Selma to
Montgomery National Historic Trail; S. 1706, Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park; S. 1725, National Discovery Trails.

OBSERVATIONS

"The wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please.  They
have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the
generations which will come after us and audit our accounts."

                                   William T. Hornaday, from "Quotable
                                   Quotes: Relating to Conservation in
                                   General and the National Parks in
                                   Particular," Department of
                                   Interior, 1950s

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