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Subject: Fwd:NPS Morning Report - 7/6/98
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1998 14:11:38 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, July 6, 1998
*** NOTICE ***
There may or may not be Morning Reports tomorrow and on subsequent days,
depending on how long it takes to complete the upgrade of the park's LAN
cc:Mail software scheduled to begin on Tuesday morning.
INCIDENTS
98-341 - Denali NP&P (AK) - Tour Bus Fire
A concessioner-operated tour bus with 48 visitors on board caught fire at
mile 16 on the park road on July 2nd. Park fire units, including a FIREPRO
helicopter, responded; mutual aid was also provided by the neighboring
community of Healy. All the passengers were safely evacuated, but the bus
was a total loss. The fire, which originated in the engine compartment, was
suppressed and kept from spreading into the adjacent brush and tundra. [Tom
Habecker, DR, North District, DENA, 7/5]
98-342 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Van MVA with Multiple Injuries
A Border Patrol van returning 13 undocumented aliens to Mexico suffered a
tire blowout while passing through the park on July 3rd. The driver lost
control and went off the road; the van rolled at least once. Ranger/EMT Fred
Moosman was the first on scene. He began triage of the victims, provided
emergency field care, and summoned additional help. Moosman was joined by
several off-duty paramedics who also witnessed the accident. Injuries varied
from minor abrasions to life-threatening head, chest and abdominal injuries.
The park's structural firefighting crew and engine responded along with
numerous local and state police, fire and EMS units. Seven air evacuation
helicopters airlifted the injured to hospitals. The remainder were
transported by ambulances to local clinics. [Aniceto Olais, CR, ORPI, 7/3]
98-343 - Suitland Parkway (MD) - MVA with Fatality
The driver of a Honda heading northbound on Forestville Road on June 25th ran
a red light at the intersection with the parkway and was struck broadside by
a Ford Tempo. The driver of the Honda was killed, but the operator of the
Tempo was uninjured because his vehicle's air bag deployed. [Henry
Berberich, RLES, NCRO, 6/26]
98-344 - Rock Creek Park (DC) - MVA with Fatality
On June 24th, Park Police officers received a report of a partially submerged
vehicle with someone trapped inside in Rock Creek. Two officers entered the
creek and removed the male driver's body. It appears that the driver went
off the road the previous night during a storm. [Henry Berberich, RLES,
NCRO, 6/25]
98-345 - Baltimore Washington Parkway (MD) - Pursuit; MVA with Fatality
On June 24th, Park Police officers pursued a stolen car from the parkway into
adjacent streets in Prince George's County, but subsequently terminated the
chase. A search of the area was conducted and officers found that the car
had struck a tree. An 18-year-old occupant was killed; one of the three
other people in the car was injured and taken to the county hospital. A
joint investigation is underway. [Henry Berberich, RLES, NCRO, 6/25]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level IV
The preparedness level went up one step early on the Fourth of July weekend.
Preparedness Level IV goes into effect when the following conditions are met:
Two or more geographic areas experiencing incidents requiring Type I teams.
Competition exists for resources between geographic areas. 450 crews or nine
Type I teams committed nationally.
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Wed Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 7/1 7/5 Con Con
FL Osceola NF Oak Head T1 20,120 20,370 95 7/10
Ocala NF * Bilderback II -- - 350 100 CND
Merritt Island NWR Merritt Island Cx -- 4,987 4,987 80 NEC
State Suwanee Cx T1 16,356 16,376 99 7/15
Flagler/StJohn Cx T1 25,656 62,416 NR NEC
Volusia Cx T2 67,385 107,300 20 NEC
Orlando Cx T1 NR 69,555 20 7/20
Withlacoochee Cx T2 3,807 2,301 90 7/10
Waccasassa Cx T2 12,077 12,416 100 CND
Jacksonville 2 T1 UNK 14,293 86 NEC
* Lake Woodruff -- - 320 100 CND
TX State Don Ranson Ranch -- 800 800 100 CND
Ouachita NF Doc's Campfire -- 210 210 100 CND
* O'Brian Ranch -- - 800 100 CND
* Valle De Oro -- - 200 0 NEC
AZ State * Sulphur -- - 100 100 CND
* Riverside -- - 100 100 CND
* Power -- - 135 100 CND
CO Arapaho-Roosevelt NF Bear Tracks T2 485 485 100 CND
Pike-San Isabel NF White T2 150 150 100 CND
CA Cal. Desert District * Charriot -- - 2,097 100 CND
NM Santa Fe NF Oso T1 5,120 5,185 100 CND
State * Junction -- - 1,200 100 CND
WA Yakima Agency * Jojo 1 -- - 2,000 100 CND
* Jojo 2 -- - 250 100 CND
ID Caribou NF * North Canyon -- - 400 100 CND
UT Salt Lake District * Faust -- - 6,545 92 7/6
* Simpson -- - 1,240 100 CND
Cedar City District * Minersville -- - 4,061 100 CND
AK Fort Greely Carla Lake T2 60,420 60,520 81 NEC
State * Mill T2 - 155 NR 7/16
* Slow Fork -- - 10,600 50 7/6
* Midway Lake -- - 500 UNK NEC
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; UNK = unknown
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
Thursday, 7/2 0 15 14 1 188 30 248
Friday, 7/3 2 36 10 0 88 47 183
Saturday, 7/4 1 5 10 4 113 20 153
Sunday, 7/5 1 23 10 0 107 34 175
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Thursday, 7/2 194 337 46 24 1,269 @
Friday, 7/3 180 390 72 13 1,457 @
Saturday, 7/4 143 449 55 15 1,366 @
Sunday, 7/5 134 381 62 4 1,214 @
@ Resource reports were not received from many fires in the South.
CURRENT SITUATION
Favorable weather conditions allowed firefighters to make progress on some of
the large fires in Florida yesterday. Large fire activity increased in
Texas. Containment objectives were achieved on most large fires in the
eastern Great Basin. Little initial attack activity was reported in most
other areas.
Very high and extreme fire indices were reported in Florida, Georgia, Texas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Utah, California and Nevada.
No fire weather watches or warnings have been posted for today.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 7/3-6]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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OPERATIONAL NOTES
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MEMORANDA
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EXCHANGE
No entries.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, seminars, conferences and events, and a second, which
contains workshops and training courses. 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.
7/16-19 Meeting: "The Invention of American Nationalism(s)," Annual
Meeting, Society for Historians of the Early American
Republic
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: The conference will include papers that reflect both
new approaches to political culture and the
traditional concerns that have made the character of
nationalism so essential to the study of the early
American republic.
Contact: Bruce Noble
Phone/fax: 304-535-6223; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Various Seminars: American History Summer Seminars
Location: The titles, dates and locations of remaining seminars
are as follows: "Passages to Freedom: Abolition and
the Underground Railroad," Amherst College, 7/19-26;
"Thomas Jefferson and the Foundations of American
Democracy," Monticello and the University of
Virginia, 7/19-25; "The Private and Public George
Washington," Brown University, 7/26-8/1
Details: As above
Contact: Sandra Weber and Laura Feller, WASO
Phone/fax: Weber: 202-565-1057, Feller: 202-343-9285; ---
E-mail: Sandy Weber at NP-WASO-ITC-MIB, Laura Feller at NP-
WASO-NRHE
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
7/29-30* Seminar: Available Options for Wood Protection
Location: Denver Service Center, CO
Details: Options for protecting wood from pests and associated
environmental and human risks.
Contact: Carol DiSalvo or Ken Franc
Phone/fax: DiSalvo: 202-219-8936, Franc: 303-969-2165; ---
E-mail: Carol DiSalvo at NP-WASO-ENV/POL, Ken Franc at NP-
DEN1
Submitter: Carol DiSalvo
8/13-16 Meeting: Pecos Conference
Location: Pecos NHP, NM
Details: The focus of this year's annual conference will be on
the archeological concepts of culture. Short papers
are also solicited on archeological breakthroughs,
updates, unique discoveries, challenges and concerns.
Contact: Judy Reed, Pecos NHP, PO Box 418, Pecos, NM 87552
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: Judy Reed at NP-PECO
Submitter: Pecos NHP
8/19-29 Meeting: Northeast Bat Working Group Organizational Meeting
Location: Greene Hills Manor, Barree, PA
Details: The objectives are to establish bat conservation
goals throughout the eastern states and to identify
state and provincial working groups.
Contact: Jim Kennedy, North American Bat Conservation
Partnership
Phone/fax: 512-327-9721; 512-327-9724
E-mail: jkennedy@batcon.org
Submitter: Carol DiSalvo, IPM, WASO
8/20-22 Meeting: "Stuff of Women's History: Using Artifacts,
Landscapes and Built Environment to Research and
Teach about Women's History in the Classroom"
Location: Seneca Falls, NY
Details: This conference, which features a series of lectures,
slide shows, workshops and sessions, is co-sponsored
by Women's Rights NHP. NPS training credit will be
arranged. Registration is $35; travel and per diem
are benefitting account.
Closes: Registration closing date: Not specified.
Contact: John Dichtl, Organization of American Historians
Phone/fax: 812-855-7345; ---
E-mail: senecafalls@oah.org, or www.indiana.edu/~oah/
sowh.html
Submitter: Vivien Rose, WORI
9/16-19 Meeting: Fourth National Conference on Battlefield
Preservation
Location: Westin Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC
Details: The conference will explore the tools and techniques
used to define historic battlefields and effective
methods of protecting battlefield land.
Contact: Hampton Tucker
Phone/fax: 202-343-3580; ---
E-mail: Hampton Tucker at NP-WASO-HPS
Submitter: Same
10/10-13 Meeting: Third Biennial North American Water Trails
Conference/Chesapeake Water Trails Workshop
Location: National Conservation Training Center (NCTC),
Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Topics include access, stewardship, building
partnerships, and reducing conflicts. There will be
a presentation by Parks Canada and field trips on
October 10th.
Closes: No closing date given, but registration will be
limited.
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Phone/fax: 717-236-8825; 717-236-9019
E-mail: acbpa@pipeline.com
Submitter: Don Briggs, RTCAP Potomac Field Office, PSO
10/13-16 Meeting: Fifth Conference on Fossil Resources: Partners
Preserving Our Past, Planning Our Future
Location: Rapid City, SD
Details: Themes include education and outreach, science and
research on public and tribal lands, paleo resource
management, and partnerships. A one-day field trip
is included in the registration cost of $150.
Closes: Early registration closing date: August 1st.
Contact: Rachel Benton, Badlands NP
Phone/fax: 605-433-5261; 605-433-5404
E-mail: Rachel Benton at NP-BADL
Submitter: Same
10/15 Meeting: Call for Papers: "On the Frontiers of Conservation:
Discovery, Reappraisal, and Innovation," Tenth
Conference on Research and Resource Management in
Parks and on Public Lands
Location: Asheville, NC
Details: The conference will not be held until March 22-26,
1999, but the deadline for papers is October 15th.
Abstracts are welcome on any topic related to
research, resource management, and education in parks
and protected areas, and from any field in cultural
or natural resources. There will be three tracks: a
management track to highlight case studies and
practical applications, an analysis/ synthesis track
for research findings and policy discussions, and a
regionally-focused Appalachian issues track.
Closes: N/A
Contact: George Wright Society
Phone/fax: 906-487-9722; 906-487-9405
E-mail: gws@mail.portup.com, or www.portup.com/~gws/
gws99.html
Submitter: Dave Harmon, GWS; Bob Krumenaker, SHEN
10/24 Meeting: 25th Anniversary, Opening of Alcatraz
Location: Golden Gate NRA, CA
Details: Tentative plans are for a day-long celebration and
re-dedication on Saturday, October 24th. An
overnight stay is included. The park is attempting
to contact every NPS employee "who has ever done time
on the Rock." Additional details to follow.
Contact: Jim MacDonald or John Cantwell
Phone/fax: 415-705-1045; ---
E-mail: GOGA Alcatraz at NP-GOGA, or goga_alcatraz@nps.gov
Submitter: John Cantwell, GOGA
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