- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, June 10, 1996
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, June 10, 1996
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
96-266 - Bighorn Canyon (Wyoming/Montana) - Employee Death, Serious Injury
Park maintenance workers Brad Straubel and Alan Davis were returning home
from work on the afternoon of June 6th when their vehicle was struck by
another in a head-on collision. Straubel was killed and Davis sustained
serious injuries. Brad Straubel worked for the Forest Service for nearly 22
years before coming to the park as a seasonal maintenance employee in 1992.
He became a term employee this past fall. Although arrangements were still
being made at the time of the report, the funeral will probably be held in
Shell, Wyoming, tomorrow. Further information can be obtained from chief
ranger Bonnie Winslow at 307-548-2251. [Bonnie Winslow, CR, BICA]
96-267 - Glacier (Montana) - Visitor Mauled by Grizzly
K.L., 70, was mauled by a grizzly bear near the Avalanche Lake trail
head on June 5th. K.L. suffered numerous lacerations and puncture wounds
from head to toe. He was stabilized at the scene by a park medic and
concessions nurse and flown to a hospital in Kalispell. Wildlife management
rangers investigating the incident determined that K.L. probably
encountered two bears - an adult and a sub-adult - and that he was probably
attacked by the former. K.L. is currently in stable condition. [Steve
Frye, CR, GLAC]
96-268 - Pictured Rocks (Michigan) - Assault on Visitor
On the afternoon of Wednesday, June 5th, a female visitor hiking on the
Munising Falls trail was assaulted by a 16-year-old juvenile. The juvenile
pulled a stocking cap over her head and punched her twice in the face. When
she began screaming, he fled on foot through the woods. Rangers and state
police officers began a search of the area and located and arrested the
juvenile a short time later. Investigation revealed that he was a member of
a group from a medium security juvenile detention facility that had been
camping in the Upper Peninsula for the week and had stopped at the falls for
a visit. He was transferred back to the facility. Assault charges are
pending. [Larry Hach, CR, PIRO]
96-269 - Clara Barton Parkway (D.C.) - MVA with Fatality
H.G. was killed in a two-vehicle accident which occurred on the
parkway west of Chain Bridge just after midnight on June 7th. H.G.'s
vehicle was struck by a car going in the opposite direction and was forced
off the roadway into a grove of trees. The operator of the other vehicle was
treated and released. Park Police officers are investigating. [Bill Lynch,
LES, NCFDO]
96-270 - Amistad (Texas) - Drowning
W.W., 52, drowned on the upper Rio Grande on the afternoon of June
6th. W.W., his two god-daughters and a friend had beached their boat and
were fishing from the bank. When the boat was blown off shore, W.W. swam
to retrieve it. Winds continued to blow it away from the shore, and he
became fatigued and went under. A member of the party was able to get him to
shore, but W.W. was unresponsive. A local fishing guide reported the
incident via marine radio. The call was monitored by a nurse on board a
rental houseboat in the immediate area, and she responded by jet ski. The
nurse and another person from the houseboat performed CPR on W.W. for 45
minutes, but were unable to revive him. Alcohol was not a factor in the
drowning. [Rod Danner, CR, AMIS]
96-271 - Ross Lake (Washington) - Drug Interdiction
"Operation Victoria," a cooperative drug interdiction operation conducted by
U.S. and Canadian agencies, was conducted at Hozomeen at the north end of
Ross Lake on May 17th and 18th. The operation was held on those days in
order to coincide with Canada's Victoria Day holiday weekend. Despite heavy
rains which deterred most visitors from coming to the area, rangers and
officers made five marijuana seizures, denied seven people entry into the
U.S. because of previous criminal histories, and issued citations for a
number of minor infractions. The penalty for each marijuana seizure was
$5,000, but in each case was lowered to $500 because of the relatively small
amounts of the drug involved. [CRO, NOCA]
96-272 - Cape Cod (Massachusetts) - Attempted Suicide
On the evening of June 4th, Provincetown police alerted a ranger from the
park's North District to a possible suicide attempt in progress by a woman on
one of the park's beaches. The ranger and Provincetown officers subsequently
found the 37-year-old Provincetown resident, who attempted to elude them by
diving into the surf. The ranger and one of the officer's were able to pull
her out of the surf despite her active resistance and were able to handcuff
her with the help of several other officers. She was taken to a local
hospital for observation. Two of the officers suffered significant injuries
in the fracas. While the incident was underway, the woman's car, parked in a
nearby lot, was broken into by a car clouter. [Rick Obernesser, CR, CACO]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
% Est
State Unit Fire IMT 6/7 6/10 Con Con
AK State Millers Reach 2 T1 35,760 37,336 80 6/10
Graveyard Creek T2 7,500 12,760 75 NEC
* 100 Mile Creek T2 - 64,000 0 NEC
* Crooked Creek T2 - 23,000 35 NEC
* Tetlin T2 - 5,000 5 NEC
NM State Wheeler -- 1,000 1,800 100 CND
Onava -- 600 600 100 CND
* San Pedro T2 - 4,000 0 6/12
* Four-Fires -- - 400 100 CND
* Burgette -- - 3,000 80 6/11
Navajo Agency * Allentown 5 -- - 2,390 95 6/9
Gila NF * Tadpole -- - 140 40 6/10
Las Cruces District * Montana -- - 100 100 CND
* Pelona -- - 200 100 CND
AZ State * Turkey
Tonto NF * Sunflower -- - 170 60 6/11
NV Ely District * Rainbow Cx T2 - 14,990 23 6/13
Battle Mtn. District * Sheep Cx T2 - 2,000 100 CND
Winnemucca District * Kennedy Cx T2 - 4,100 75 6/11
* Silver State -- - 4,121 100 CND
Carson City District * Desert Peak -- - 2,000 90 NEC
UT Dixie NF * Henderson Can. -- - 150 100 CND
State * Allred -- - 2,750 80 6/10
ID Boise District * Initial Point 2 -- - 189 100 CND
* SW Air Base -- - 568 100 CND
OR Vale District * North Ketchum -- - 1,300 100 CND
CA Bakersfield District Cook -- 743 750 100 CND
Riverside RD * Jack Rabbit -- - 530 100 CND
Santa Clara RU * Del Valle -- - 722 90 6/9
Susanville District * Demo -- - 700 100 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
FIRE HIGHLIGHTS
Millers Reach Fire (Alaska) - High concentrations of heat in deep fuels
continue to hinder containment efforts.
100 Mile Creek Fire (Alaska) - The fire is burning on Fort Greeley Army Base
about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks. Fire activity was moderate
yesterday.
Crooked Creek Fire (Alaska) - The fire is burning on the Kenai Peninsula.
Light rain and higher humidities aided suppression efforts yesterday.
FIRES AND ACRES BURNED
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Number 0 28 11 0 79 88 206
Acres Burned 0 54 11,130 0 14,464 401 26,049
COMMITTED RESOURCES
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 138 177 42 13 590
Non-federal 48 79 11 3 248
CURRENT SITUATION
Thunderstorms continued in the Southwest yesterday; all Type I crews,
helicopters, air tankers and lead planes were committed. Large fires
continued in the western Great Basin and in Alaska. Areas throughout the
West are reporting very high to extreme fire danger readings.
NATIONAL OUTLOOK
NICC has posted a FIRE WEATHER WATCH for dry thunderstorms (storms that
produce lightning but little or no rain) in the mountains of Arizona and
southwest Colorado. Initial attack operations are expected to continue in
several areas in the West and in Alaska due to the likelihood of dry
thunderstorms.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/10]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
NPS-9 - Text revisions and a rewrite of NPS-9, the Service's law enforcement
guideline, are still underway. The next draft of the guideline will probably
be released for field review later this summer. [Rick Gale, RAD/WASO]
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains training courses and workshops, and a second, which contains
meetings, conferences and events. If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along. Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier. Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information. Brevity is appreciated.
7/14-19 -- Advanced Wilderness Management Training for Line Officers and
Staff, Trappers Lake, White River NF, near Meeker, CO. REPLY DUE
BY MAY 31st. The workshop is designed to strengthen the
understanding of wilderness values and concepts, and will enhance
line and staff knowledge of current resources and management
issues affecting wilderness. Three days and two nights will be
spent in the Flat Tops wilderness. Contact: Tim Devine at 970-
586-1244, or Greg Kroll at 406-626-5208. [Wes Henry, RAD/WASO]
7/30-8/11 -- Ninth Annual Meeting of Western Archives Institute, Fuller
Seminary, Pasadena, CA. A "how-to" overview of archival
management. Contact: 916-773-3000 (phone) or 916-773-8249 (fax).
[Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
OBSERVATIONS
"...as people who are interpreting our national parks, these sacred lands, I
think we have an obligation and a responsibility to make people feel
uncomfortable. What do I mean by that? I mean that we welcome people, we
bring them into a sense of landscape and community. But I think there will
always be that edge, when we talk about other - be it grizzly bears, be it
rattlesnakes, be it geologic time. Because in that sense of discomfort, we
find both our humility and humanity."
Naturalist and writer Terry Tempest
Williams, "The Exchange," CNPCA
newsletter, spring, 1996
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