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Subject: NPS Morning Report - 8/17/98
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:34:51 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, August 17, 1998
INCIDENTS
98-504 - Glacier NP (MT) - Rescue of Park Ranger-Naturalist
Kim Taylor, a 26-year-old seasonal ranger-naturalist at Glacier NP, was
injured in a fall on the west face of 9,553-foot Mount Gould at 1:45 p.m. on
the afternoon of August 11th. The park received the report at 4:30 p.m. and
dispatched a rescue team of 13 park rangers to the mountain. Eight of the
team members climbed to her location near the summit to provide emergency
medical care and assistance. Taylor had fallen between 100 and 150 feet and
suffered a broken arm, multiple lacerations, and bruises. Due to the
precarious and precipitous location, the park sought assistance from the air
rescue unit at Malmstrom AFB. The helicopter arrived at the scene around 10
p.m., but was unable to lift her off the ledge due to nightfall and
inadequate light. She was picked up the next day and transported to a
hospital in Kalispell. Taylor is an experienced climber. [Amy Vanderbilt,
PIO, GLAC, 8/12]
98-505 - Rocky Mountain NP (CO) - Multiple Rescues
The park reports three more rescues from late July and early August:
o On July 31st, wilderness backcountry crew members came upon W.L.,
66, of Denver, who was complaining of chest pain and shortness of
breath. A paramedic and litter team comprised of eight park employees
responded to the area of The Loch Vale, which is at 10,300 feet. W.L.
was carried three and a half miles over slippery terrain during a
lightning storm to a waiting ambulance. The weather cleared long
enough for a helicopter to land in the Bear Lake parking lot at dusk.
W.L. was flown to a Denver hospital, where he underwent quadruple
bypass surgery and is doing well. Patty McGlynn-Shaffer was IC.
o While telemark skiing in the Mills Glacier area of Longs Peak on August
1st, 43-year-old F.B. of Boulder slid 300 feet down the famous
Lamb Slide at 13,000 feet, sustaining an ankle injury and contusions
and lacerations to her head. She was carried by a litter team to a
landing zone; during a break in the afternoon's showers, she was picked
up and evacuated by helicopter to a Boulder hospital. Kurt Oliver was
IC.
o Park dispatch received a cellular phone call on August 3rd reporting
that 20-year-old Jacob Johnson had fallen just below the top of Mount
Lady Washington, a 13,281-foot peak in the Longs Peak area, and
sustained back injuries and various lacerations. A technical team
lowered and carried Johnson to two different landing zones before
weather would permit a helicopter evacuation. Eight park employees and
22 Larimer County SAR personnel assisted in the rescue. Kurt Oliver
was IC.
The Lamb Slide noted in the second incident was named after Reverend Charles
Lamb, who slid down the chute in 1871. Lamb later wrote of the fall: "An
eternity of thought, life and death, wife, and home concentrated in my mind
in those two seconds." [Sharon Brubaker, Comm Center, ROMO, 8/14]
98-506 - Lake Mead NRA (AZ/NV) - Heat Exposure Fatality
Ranger Mike Blandford came upon a four-wheel-drive vehicle stuck up to its
axles in a dry wash about eight-tenths of a mile from Northshore Road on the
afternoon of August 13th. The driver and sole occupant, D.R., 36,
had evidently died from dehydration. The vehicle had been stuck in the sand
for several days, with air temperatures around 115 degrees. D.R.
reportedly had a handicap to her right leg. She was found in the driver's
seat with the door open. This was the park's 29th fatality this year.
[Dispatch, LAME, 8/14]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Thu Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 8/13 8/16 Con Con
WA Wenatchee NF North 25 -- 6,700 7,600 80 NEC
OR Umpqua NF Clayton Cx T2 242 280 100 CND
Winema NF * Gorge T2 - 255 70 8/18
Warm Springs Agency * McCorkle -- - 1,276 100 CND
State * Rieth-Barnhart -- - 25,000 100 NEC
NV Winnemucca District * Keystone T2 - 14,000 90 8/17
Carson City District * Empire -- - 400 50 NEC
CA Mendocino NF Soda T2 75 60 100 CND
N. Cal. District * Demo -- - 600 100 CND
MT State Yellowstone Cty. -- 380 380 100 CND
* Sweet Grass Cx -- - 400 80 8/16
Bitterroot NF * Swift Creek -- - 130 90 8/17
ID Salmon-Challis NF Main Salmon Cx -- 3,575 6,101 0 10/15
Jackass -- 600 760 0 10/15
* Cold Springs -- - 110 0 NEC
* Sheepeater/
Bear Basin T1 - 250 0 NEC
Boise NF * Loopsem Creek T1 - 400 0 NEC
Sawtooth NF Goose Creek -- 275 275 100 CND
S. Idaho District * High Point 2 -- - 800 100 CND
UT State Garn -- 1,750 1,750 100 CND
TX State * Happy Cx -- - 400 90 8/16
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, 8/13 6 12 26 4 80 65 193
Friday, 8/14 5 24 48 4 87 58 226
Saturday, 8/15 6 9 35 0 80 64 194
Sunday, 8/16 3 6 24 0 74 63 170
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Thursday, 8/13 126 388 80 6 598
Friday, 8/14 95 296 75 7 584
Saturday, 8/15 157 397 103 11 895
Sunday, 8/16 87 335 72 27 529
CURRENT SITUATION
Fire activity increased in the Great Basin yesterday, but remained moderate
elsewhere.
Very high and extreme fire indices were reported yesterday in Texas,
Minnesota, Michigan, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon
and California.
No fire watches or warnings have been posted for today.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/15-17]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
No entries.
PARK DISPATCHES
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
INTERCHANGE
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.
Dates: 8/31-9/6
Meeting: Society of American Archivists
Location: Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, FL
Details: The conference will feature 68 sessions (nearly 100 hours) of
sessions on many educational tracks. See next week's calendar
for pre-conference workshops. Registration is $285 for non-
members, and $235 for members before August 30th.
Closes: N/A - but all registration after August 30th will be on site.
Contact: Diane Vogt O'Connor
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: Diane Vogt O'Connor at NP-WASO-CSD
Submitter: Same
Dates: 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
Dates: 9/25-27 *
Meeting: Sixth Annual National Tri-Science Combat Stress Conference
Location: Andersonville NHS, GA
Details: This year's conference will focus on prisoners of war. Most of
the conference will be held either at the park or at the Windsor
Hotel in Americus. Registration is $35.
Closes: No registration closing date given.
Contact: Alan Marsh
Phone/fax: 912-924-0343 x 109; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Fred Boyles, ANDE
Dates: 10/10-13
Meeting: Third Biennial North American Water Trails Conference/Chesapeake
Water Trails Workshop
Location: National Conservation Training Center, 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: Not 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
Dates: 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 a management track to highlight
case studies and practical applications, a 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; www.portup.com/~gws/ gws99.html
Submitter: Dave Harmon, GWS; Bob Krumenaker, SHEN
Dates: 10/24
Event: 35th Anniversary, Horace Albright Training Center
Location: Grand Canyon NP, AZ
Details: An open house and evening program will take place on the 24th.
If you are a former training manager, instructor or student,
please send along your tales, impressions, thoughts or memories
regarding the center.
Contact: Bob Karotko
Phone/fax: 520-638-7988; 520-638-2953
E-mail: Bob Karotko at NP-HOAL
Submitter: Same
Dates: 10/24
Event: 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."
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
Dates: 11/5-7
Meeting: Annual Woodland National Conference
Location: Porter, Indiana
Details: The theme of the annual conference is trade on southern Lake
Michigan from 1634-1834. The conference will bring together
anthropologists, Native Americans, archeologists, historians and
other subject matter experts on the 200 year period of Lake
Michigan fur trading.
Closes: Registration closing date: Not given
Contact: Laura Gundrum, INDU
Phone/fax: 219-926-7561 x 232; 219-926-7561 x 537
E-mail: npsindu@niia.net
Submitter: Laura Gundrum, INDU
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