- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, August 11, 1997
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, August 11, 1997
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
96-313 - Ross Lake NRA (Washington) - Follow-up on Illegal Aliens
On June 24, 1996, rangers caught two men attempting to illegally enter the
country through a remote area of the park. One of the two men was G.I.A.M.,
23, who was arrested in New York in late July for an
alleged plot to bomb the city's subway system. It's believed that G.I.A.M.
was attempting to smuggle the other man across the border. G.I.A.M. and his
compatriot were issued violation notices for illegal camping; they were
detained, interviewed, fingerprinted, photographed and turned over to Border
Patrol agents, who deported them back to Canada. Following three subsequent
arrests in Whatcom County, Washington, G.I.A.M. applied for political
asylum, alleging that he'd been accused in Israel of belonging to a terrorist
organization. [Pete Cowan, CR, NOCA, 8/10]
97-452 - Cape Hatteras NS (NC) - Visitor Fatality
D.J., 21, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spent the morning of August 7th
excavating a hole nine feet deep on the beach about a quarter mile north of
the Cape Hatteras light - an activity he'd undertaken during each vacation to
Cape Hatteras over the past several years. During the excavation, the hole
collapsed, burying D.J. with three to five feet of sand. A visitor watching
from a nearby cottage immediately called 911. Three rangers and six
maintenance employees responded along with county deputies and EMS and rescue
personnel. Responders freed D.J.'s head with the help of numerous visitors
within a few minutes of the initial call and began to administer oxygen with
a bag mask and airway. Due to the sandy nature of the soil and the size of
the original hole, complete extrication took about 50 minutes and required a
front loader and a backhoe. CPR was begun immediately upon extrication, and
a defibrillator was employed along with other ALS measures while he was
transported to the Hatteras Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at the
center. [CRO, CAHA, 8/8]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Thu Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 8/7 8/10 Con Con
CA Los Padres NF Logan T1 36,740 50,000 90 8/11
Hopper T1 12,700 23,000 70 8/13
Sequoia NF Choke T2 910 2,800 59 8/13
* Highway -- - 150 100 CND
* Jacks T2 - 3,300 0 NC
Lassen NP Huffer T2 2,800 2,000 60 8/11
NV Toiyabe NF * Potosi Cx T2 - 2,875 100 CND
Elko District * Snow Creek -- - 475 60 8/13
* Hot Pot -- - 750 100 CND
Winnemucca District * Warrior -- - 3,200 90 8/11
* Twin Creek -- - 1,000 100 CND
* Buffalo -- - 1,000 30 8/11
ID S.C. Idaho District * Highway 77 -- - 620 100 CND
AK# Southwest Area Inowak T2 573,000 582,000 0 NEC
Galena District Paimiut T2 2,467 2,467 100 CND
# Alaska has 51 other large fires burning for a total of 1,799,265 acres.
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; LPS = limited
protection status
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FIVE DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Wednesday, 8/6 7 4 9 2 69 89 180
Thursday, 8/7 44 5 28 2 45 63 187
Friday, 8/8 4 4 34 2 82 69 195
Saturday, 8/9 1 3 28 0 61 33 126
Sunday, 8/10 0 0 21 0 54 47 122
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Wednesday, 8/6 198 320 65 27 615
Thursday, 8/7 91 165 40 21 242
Friday, 8/8 206 331 68 24 941
Saturday, 8/9 215 375 78 29 1,210
Sunday, 8/10 834 249 67 23 1,074
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT
1997: YTD Ten Year Average: YTD
Number of fires 43,931 54,541
Acres burned 2,759,355 2,071,082
CURRENT SITUATION
Large fires continued to burn in southern California yesterday. One new
large fire was reported in the western Great Basin. Favorable weather has
aided suppression efforts on most large fires. Resource mobilization through
NICC was minor. Very high and extreme fire indices were reported in
California, Nevada, Oregon and Arizona.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/9-11]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No submissions.
MEMORANDA
"National Park Service Uniform Program," signed by acting deputy director
Denis Galvin on July 15th and transmitted to the WASO directorate, regional
directors, superintendents and all employees. The text follows:
"There has been a perceptible decline in the overall appearance of uniformed
employees throughout the National Park Service (NPS). This observation does
not, of course, apply to everyone, as most of you still maintain the high
standards traditional to the NPS. However, comments from managers,
supervisors, employees and visitors from across the system, indicate that the
incidence of poor appearance is cause for concern. The problems mentioned
include:
o poorly maintained uniforms, with unshined shoes, wrinkled clothes and
warped hat brims;
o failure to wear the stetson when outdoors;
o wearing of non-approved items with the uniform while at work, such as
socks of the wrong color, non-uniform jackets, brightly colored T-
shirts under open-neck shirts, and unauthorized head gear;
o wearing of pins of all kinds on the uniform (length of service and
valor award pins are soon to be approved, but no others are or will be
permitted);
o wearing of the wrong uniform for the occasion, particularly work
uniforms in high visitor contact situations;
o missing uniform components, particularly uniforms without badges; and
o incomplete, or partial uniforms, such as a uniform shirt with non-
uniform trousers.
"There is no excuse for improper appearance in uniform. The standards are
clearly set down in NPS-43, Uniform Guideline, (soon to be a Director's
Order), and have been clarified through the uniform posters which were
distributed Servicewide a few years ago. Superintendents, managers, and
supervisors have an affirmative responsibility to assure that their employees
meet NPS appearance standards, which cover both proper wear of the uniform
and appropriate grooming according to position and function.
"Aggravating this problem is the penchant of some parks and employees for
'inventing' their own uniforms. Reports have come in from around the agency
of areas where employees are wearing shirts or jackets of their own design,
or wearing wholly inappropriate or incompatible components.
"Some of these 'uniforms' have been developed to meet perceived special
needs. The upcoming revision of the Uniform Guideline will broaden the
authority to develop such special uniform components where dictated by
necessity, but within parameters set down by the NPS. Parks and employees do
not have the authority to develop their own uniforms.
"A related trend is the attempt by parks to cut uniform allowances to their
employees to save costs. Uniform allowances are authorized for all uniformed
employees for a specific reason; that is, to ensure that they meet the NPS
high standards for proper appearance. A partial allowance - or, even worse,
an employee wearing only a few components and not an entire uniform - wholly
defeats the agency's intent in establishing allowances for all uniformed
employees. Moreover, the computerized system that the uniform contractor
maintains at our direction will not permit parks to authorize less than the
prescribed amounts. Managers have two alternatives. Employees who are not
in regular public contact can be taken out of uniform; a park may also
specify the type of uniform, including components that an employee will wear,
as long as the employee meets NPS standards and wears only authorized
components. Employees in uniform, however, are entitled to full initial and
replacement allowances and expected to have the proper range of uniform
components for their class, positions and duty stations.
"Managers at all levels are to strictly enforce these policies. We in the
NPS are highly visible symbols of our agency, its standards and traditions.
Remember, items NOT AUTHORIZED IN NPS-43, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH
THE UNIFORM. No other standard is acceptable."
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.
8/19-27 -- Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response for National
Park Service Employees. Contact: Hank Brightman, 202-565-1259.
[Steve Hastings, HOAL]
8/28 -- Symposium on Slavery. George Washington University, Washington,
DC. This one-day symposium will provide the context for historic
presentations on African-American slavery. See NPS Learning
Place bulletin board. Contact: Marie Tyler-McGraw, 202-343-5380.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]
9/8-11 -- Preserving the Historic Designed Landscape, Mount Rainier NP, WA.
The course is designed to provide training and development in the
management of cultural landscapes, with a particular emphasis on
the issues related to historic designated landscapes in western
national parks. Contact: Anthony Knapp, 304-535-6178. [Joyce
Howe, STMA]
9/8-12* -- HazMat Clandestine Drug Lab Waste Operations, San Luis Obispo,
CA. Contact: Peg Ryan, California Specialized Training
Institute, 805-549-3344. [Einar Olsen, RCR, NCSO]
9/9-18 -- Cultural Resources for Managers, Mather Training Center, Harpers
Ferry, WV. A core course for all superintendents, cultural
resource managers, and other program managers involved in
cultural resource management. It will cover basic principles,
regulations, laws and policies. Contact: Mary Robinson, 304-535-
6732, or Tony Knapp, 304-535-6178. [Joyce Howe, STMA]
9/15-19 -- Master of "Leave No Trace" Canoeing Training Course, Ely, MN.
Tuition is $650. Applications are due at least one month before
the course starting date and can be obtained from the National
Outdoor Leadership School, 1-800-332-4100 (307-332-8811, fax).
Contact: NOLS or Roger Semler at 406-888-7837. [Roger Semler,
GLAC]
9/15-19 -- Interpretive Instructor's Training I: Supervisory Training -
Competency-Based Professional Development, Mather Training
Center, Harpers Ferry, WV. The center is recruiting interested
persons to prepare and present a four to six hour workshop for
interpretive supervisors on using the interpretive competencies
and curriculum. Contact: NPS Learning Place bulletin board or
Dave Dahlen at 304-535-6215. [Joyce Howe, STMA]
9/16-19 -- Wilderness Curriculum and "Leave No Trace" Workshop, Camp Dodge,
White Mountain NF, near Gorham, NH. This workshop will prepare
participants to train the public "Leave No Trace" techniques and
to be comfortable with teaching lessons from the national K-8
grade wilderness curriculum, organizing teacher workshops, and
working with public school systems. Includes overnight camping
trip. Contact: Greg Kroll, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness
Training Center, by name on cc:Mail or at 406-626-5208, extension
14 (phone), 406-626-5395 (fax). [Joyce Howe, STMA]
9/18-21 -- Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Holiday Inn, Bozeman,
MT. A field trip is planned for the last day. Contact:
Information and registration information are on the home page at
http://www.montana.edu/wwrmac. [Ken Cannon, MWAC]
9/19-20 -- Health, Safety and the Environment in Architectural Preservation,
Norwich University, Northfield, VT. The workshop will focus on
health and environmental hazards inherent in materials and
processes used in building conservation and restoration.
Sponsored by The Preservation Institute. Contact: Historic
Windsor, Inc., 802-674-6752. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]
9/22-26 -- Master of "Leave No Trace" Hiking Training Course, Bethel, ME.
Tuition is $650. Applications are due at least one month before
the course starting date and can be obtained from the National
Outdoor Leadership School, 1-800-332-4100 (307-332-8811, fax).
Contact: NOLS or Roger Semler at 406-888-7837. [Roger Semler,
GLAC]
9/29-10/4 -- "Our Shared Legacy: International Conference on the Conservation
and Restoration of Earthen Architecture," Rio Rico, AZ, and
Caborca, Sonora, Mexico. Training course sponsored by the NPS,
Tumacacori NHP, and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e
Histoira of Sonora, Mexico. The conference will explore the
history, unique architecture and preservation challenges of the
Sonoran region of Mexico and the United States. One day will be
spent on a preservation needs assessment on Mission Cocospera in
Sonora. Contact: David Yubeta, TUMA, 520-398-2341 ext 23, or Ann
Rasor, ext 21. [Ann Rasor, TUMA]
10/2-8 -- Advanced Regional Wilderness Management Training, Tucson, AZ.
Lectures, case studies, written materials and a two-night
backcountry field trip. Designed to strengthen the understanding
of wilderness values and concepts and enhance line and staff
knowledge of current resources and management issues affecting
wilderness. Contact: Richard Conrad or Greg Kroll, Arthur
Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, 406-626-5208.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]
10/14-15 -- Fire Protection for Historic Structures and Museum Collections,
Presidio, San Francisco, CA. This course will cover basic
practices and new technologies that focus on integrating fire
safety into park management. Contact: NPS Learning Place
bulletin board or Tony Knapp at 304-535-6732. [Joyce Howe, STMA]
10/15-16 -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act Workshop, Mather EDC, Harpers Ferry, WV. The workshop will
provide participants with specific information on the multiple
responsibilities involved in the proper response to releases of
hazardous substances into the environment, impacting NPS lands
and facilities. Contact: Dan Reimer, Environmental Protection
Specialist, 202-565-1261. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]
10/20-23* -- Clandestine Drug Laboratory Chemical Identification, San Luis
Obispo, CA. Contact: Peg Ryan, California Specialized Training
Institute, 805-549-3344. [Einar Olsen, RCR, NCSO]
10/27-31 -- Interpretive Competencies Workshop: Developmental Level Ranger
Careers Training, Mather EDC, Harpers Ferry, WV. This workshop
will allow participants to develop knowledge, skills and
abilities in one 200-level essential interpretive competency.
Contact: NPS Learning Place bulletin board, or Toni Dufficy at
305-242-7752. [Joyce Howe, STMA]
11/4-6 -- Programming and Budget, Tucson, AZ. The course is targeted at
the program management level, and is designed to provide the
participants with a better understanding of the NPS budget
process. Contact: Jan Gauthier, Mather EDC, 304-535-6215.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]
11/19-21* -- Appalachian Trail Scenic Trail Critical Incident Management
Workshop. The intent of the workshop is to bring together
various local, state, federal and private managers of the
Appalachian Trail to develop a critical incident management plan
for the trail. Contact: Robert W. Gray, CR, 304-535-6278 or by
name on cc:Mail at NP-WASO. [Robert Gray, ATTR]
12/8-12* -- HazMat Clandestine Drug Lab Waste Operations, San Luis Obispo,
CA. Contact: Peg Ryan, California Specialized Training
Institute, 805-549-3344. [Einar Olsen, RCR, NCSO]
12/8-12* -- Universal Design Training Course for Parks, Recreation and
Interpretive Environments, New Orleans, LA. The National Center
on Accessibility will host this training course, which is ideal
for designers, architects, engineers, interpretive specialists,
curators and exhibit planners from park, recreation, museum,
outdoor education and historic environments. Contact: National
Center on Accessibility, 765-349-9240, or by e-mail at their home
page at www.indiana.edu /~nca. [Joyce Howe, STMA]
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