- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Thursday, May 7, 1998
- Date: Thurs, 7 May 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998
INCIDENTS
98-176 - Canyon de Chelly NM (AZ) - Follow-up: Park Flooding
Due to the volume of runoff from heavy winter snows, releases from the
Tsaile and Wheatfields dams, both upstream from the park, have been
increased. The increased flows caused damage to the hiking foot bridge on
the trail to White House Ruin and forced its closure. Visitors have been
advised of the damage to the bridge, but that access via four-wheel-drive
vehicles will be permitted, contingent on the volume of the water flows.
Requests are being reviewed daily. [Tom Workman, CR, CACH, 5/6]
98-187 - Department of Interior (DC) - Fire and Evacuation
The Department of Interior was evacuated yesterday at 3:45 p.m. due to an
electrical fire that produced a good deal of smoke. There were no injuries.
Only essential personnel will be working in the building today; most
employees will be at alternative work sites or working at home. No
additional details are available on when operations will return to normal.
[Bob Marriott, RAD/WASO, 5/6]
98-188 - Lake Mead NRA (NV/AZ) - Boating Accident; Two Fatalities
M.M., 51, and W.S., 37, launched their 14-foot sailboat
from Kingman Wash on April 23rd. A lake wind advisory was in effect at the
time which called for high winds with gusts up to 50 mph and three to five-
foot waves. They failed to return home, so a search was begun the following
morning. Ranger/pilot Bruce Lenon spotted their capsized boat in Boulder
Basin, but saw nobody nearby. Off-duty Las Vegas police officers who were on
the lake in their own boat came upon a life jacket floating in the water in
Upper Boulder Basin; they investigated and found M.M.'s body. Ranger Bob
Carnes found W.S.'s body along the Arizona shoreline near Indian Canyon Cove
a short time later. The bodies have been conveyed to the respective county
coroners. [Paul G. Crawford, SPR, Boulder Basin District, LAME, 5/6]
98-189 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Disturbed Person
On April 16th, park dispatch received a call from the Madera County Sheriff's
Office reporting that a doctor in the town of Oakhurst had advised them that
a patient of his in Wawona was threatening to kill himself. The patient,
J.M., was demanding stronger drugs for his chronic pain or he would
shoot himself. J.M. told his doctor that he was barricaded inside his
Wawona residence and that he had a handgun pointed at his head. The doctor
heard a gunshot, then the line went silent. The doctor hung up and reported
the incident to the sheriff's office. Park dispatch contacted criminal
investigator Fred Elchlepp, who is a trained crisis negotiator. With
assistance from the phone company, Elchlepp was able to re-establish contact
with J.M.. J.M. told Elchlepp that he was so tired of living with
the severe chronic pain that he wanted to kill himself. He said that he had
been holding the gun to his head for about two hours, and admitted to firing
the weapon into his front lawn when he was talking with his doctor. Elchlepp
was able to convince J.M. that he would get him help if he would unload
his gun, lay it on the floor, and come out of the house with his hands up
when the rangers arrived. J.M. did so and was taken into custody without
incident by Wawona rangers. He was then transported to a medical facility.
Charges of negligent discharge of a firearm are pending. [Dan Horner, YOSE,
5/6]
98-190 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Structural Fire
Yosemite and Mariposa County fire crews were dispatched to a structural fire
at the park's El Portal administrative site at 2:24 a.m. on April 14th. The
fire was in a privately-owned, single-family residence. The fire had burned
about 80% of the structure by the time the park crew arrived a few minutes
later and was controlled within an hour. Although the building was a total
loss, firefighters were able to salvage some significant property from the
residence. The owner reported that the fire had already burned through the
house's roof at the time of discovery. A total of 26 people and three
engines were committed to the suppression of the fire. The cause was
determined to have been a laundry dryer vent. The owner had turned the dryer
on after returning home from work around 1:30 a.m. This was the second
structural fire in a three-week period for park fire crews. On March 25th,
firefighters responded to another residential fire, which was contained to a
single bedroom. The fire was caused by a mattress that had been pushed
up against an electric wall heater. Damage to the NPS residence was
estimated at $5,000. [Darin Mills, FMO, South District, YOSE, 5/5]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Tue Wed % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 5/5 5/6 Con Con
MT State Goat Creek T2 220 220 100 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
IMT T1 = Type I; 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
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Sunday, 5/3 0 3 0 0 59 6 68
Monday, 5/4 0 6 1 0 86 4 97
Tuesday, 5/5 0 2 0 0 28 7 37
Wednesday, 5/6 0 9 0 0 58 35 102
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Sunday, 5/3 4 5 1 0 0
Monday, 5/4 7 8 2 0 1
Tuesday, 5/5 14 5 1 0 51
Wednesday, 5/6 20 28 3 0 71
CURRENT SITUATION
Moderate initial attack was reported yesterday. Very high and extreme fire
indices were reported in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/7]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
EXCHANGE
No entries.
WEB DIRECTORY
The Morning Report periodically runs a listing of Worldwide Web sites of use
to NPS employees in the course of their work. Please send along entries -
and corrections, in case of address errors - to the editor.
Thanks to the following for providing this month's additions:
SWSO Public Affairs for the web site on recreation on public lands, a
joint effort of the NPS, BLM, USFS and Corps of Engineers
Gerald McCrea for the National Library for the Environment's site,
which includes info on environmental law
Len Emerson for the web sites for NPS employee and visitor safety stats
Roseanne Christ for the web site with DOJ land appraisal standards
Kent Bullard for the Office of Aircraft Services site
Barry Sulam and Duane Pearson (separately) for web sites with travel
information, obtained in turn from American Express
Bill Fink for the web sites on NPS weather forecasts, DSC and GPRA
Russ Smith for the HFC sites
Please also note one change:
The NIFC site for daily situation reports has a new address
All new entries are marked with asterisks (*); all revised/corrected entries
are marked with pound signs (#).
NPS SITES
Congressional Affairs office http://www.nps.gov/legal
Training and Development office http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS Web page development info http://www.nps.gov/helpdesk (user name:
NPS, password: Mather)
Current VIP opportunities http://www.nps.gov/volunteer
Press releases, park news, more http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pressrm.htm
Q&A with volunteer NPS historians http://www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/askhist.htm
Geologists-in-Parks program http://www.aqd.nps.gov/natnet/grd/geojob/geojob.htm
Harpers Ferry wayside exhibits http://www.nps.gov/waysite
NPS safety info http://www.nps.gov/riskmgmt
NCR Museum Resource Center http://www.nps.gov/mrc
National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training http://www.cr.nps.gov/ncptt
NPS training opportunities http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS strategic plan http://www.nps.gov - InfoZone, Park Planning
NPS "Courier" magazine http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/courier/index.htm
NPS intake training program http://www.nps.gov/intake
U.S. Park Police http://www.doi.gov/u.s.park.police/
NPS organization charts http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/Refdesk.htm
Fire Management Program Center http://www.nps.gov/fire/
Public Health Service office http://www.nps.gov/public_health/
Nat. Reg. for Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/nrhome.htm
Employee safety/lost time stats * http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/riskmgmt/GPRAIVa6no.htm
Visitor safety stats * http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/riskmgmt/GPvistrdays.htm
GPRA * http://165.83.20.6/amoeba/nps_pmds.nsf
Denver Service Center info * http://165.83.20.6/amoeba.nsf
Harpers Ferry Center info * http://www.hfc.nps.gov
http://www.nps.gov/hfc
DOI SITES
DOI address directory http://www.doi.gov/cgi-bin/mailsrch
DOI jobs listings http://www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/index.html
DOI IG reports http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/ig.html
DOI payroll, Denver http://www.dasc.doi.gov
DOI safety http://safety.doi.gov
DOI recreation lakes commission http://www.doi.gov/nrls
DOI Y2K microchip hazards http://www.mrps.doi.gov/y2kchips.htm
DOI Office of Aircraft Services * http://www.oas.gov
OTHER AGENCY SITES
Comptroller General decisions http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gaocd.html
GAO reports http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gao.html
OPM jobs listings http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
USDA graduate school http://www.grad.usda.gov
Thrift Savings Plan http://www.tsp.gov
New legislation (NECTEA) re:
funding for park roads http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
OPM locality pay rates http://www.opm.gov/pay/index.htm
CFR and Federal Register info http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection http://www.ftc.gov
IG networks http://www.ignet.gov/ignet
Fed Employees News Digest http://www.fedforce.com/fedforce/fedforce.html
National registry for EMTs http://www.nremt.org
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Standard government forms http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/SFEFORMS.HTM
Excess military equipment http://www.drms.dla.mil
Federal recreation areas * http://www.recreation.gov
DOJ land appraisal standards * http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/land-ack
CONGRESSIONAL SITES
All Senate offices, committees http://www.senate.gov
All House offices, committees http://www.house.gov
Bills, reports, related info http://thomas.loc.gov
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT SITES
Wildland fire information http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire
National Interagency Fire Center http://www.nifc.gov
NIFC fire situation reports # http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.html
National Wildfire Coord. Group http:/www.nwcg.gov
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SITES
Exotic invasive species http://www.aqd.nps.gov/npci
Malformed amphibians reports http://www.npwrc.org/narcam
Mineral developments near parks http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/fadjacen.htm
Vegetation/soils planting info http://plants.usda.gov
"Park Science" magazine http://www.aqd.nps.gov/nrid/parksci/
"Natural Resource Year in Review" http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/yr_rvw96/
Natural resource pubs list http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/
NRM fact sheets http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/findex.htm
National GIS/data clearinghouse http://www.cgc.ncsu.edu/npsgis/index.html
WILDERNESS/BACKCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT SITES
Arthur Carhart training center http://www.wilderness.net/carhat
Aldo Leopold institute http://www.wilderness.net/leopold
Leave No Trace program http://www.lnt.org
LEGAL SITES
United States Code http://law.house.gov/usc.htm
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
Federal Register http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/#fr
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Federal Acquisition Regulations http://www.gsa.gov/far/current/html/toc.html
Executive Orders http://www.arnet.gov/References/References.html
OMB Circulars http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/
Supreme Court cases http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct
Federal Circuit cases http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/decision.htm
http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.html
FLRA cases http://www.flra.gov/inex.html
MSPB cases http://www.access.gpo.gov/mspb
FLETC legal updates http://www.ustreas.gov/fletc/legal.htm
Environmental law http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/envlaw.html
Ethics issues http://www.usoge.gov/
Federal laws in general http://www.fedworld.gov
http://fedlaw.gsa.gov
ARPA/NAGPRA laws http://www.nmia.com/~quasho/
Info on legal issues http://www.Lawcheck.com/main.html
Laws, court rulings, related info http://www.findlaw.com
Court cases, codes, regs, etc. http://www.are.uscourts.gov/sites.htm
Glossary of legal terms http://www.courttv.com/legalterms/glossary.html
Environmental law * http://www.cnie.org
ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SITES
Environmental contract fraud info http://www.echotech.com
http://www.afce.org
http://www.fraud.org
Info on militia groups, etc. http://www.splcenter.org
Law enforcement newsletter http://www.2calibrepress.com
OTHER RELEVANT SITES
NPS cooperating associations http://www.nps.gov/coophome.htm
National Park Foundation http://www.nationalparks.org
Student Conservation Association http://www.sca-inc.org
George Wright Society http://www.portup.com/~gws/home.html
GWS park-related links http://www.portup.com/~gws/gwsnet.html
Links to NPs worldwide http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm
National Center for Accessibility http://www.indiana.edu/~nca
Recycled content procurement http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure.html
http://www.metrokc.gov/oppis/recyclea.html
http://www.pnl.gov/esp/greenguide
fcn.state.fl.us/bpsr/drc_notice.html
Telephone directory searches http://www.pc411.com
Computer virus myths http://kumite.com/myths/
Zip codes http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
US Park Ranger FOP site http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeranger/
Travel maps * http://www.mapsonus.com
Travel planning * http://www.bts.gov/virtualib
Federal travel regs * http://policyworks.gov/ftr
State tax exempt rules * http://policyworks.gov/travel
National park weather forecasts * http://www.intellicast.com/weather/natparks
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