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Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, July 6, 1999
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:51:17 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Tuesday, July 6, 1999
INCIDENTS
99-328 - Cape Hatteras NS (NC) - Assault, Armed Robbery
On the night of June 30th, A.K., 18, and J.D., 19, of
Louisburg, West Virginia, parked at the Coquina Beach parking area to get
some sleep. Just before 1 a.m., they were awakened by the sound of the
passenger side window being shattered. A man put a knife to A.K.'s throat
and demanded all of their money. J.D. complied and gave him over $1,100.
The robbery was reported to Kill Devils police, who notified the park.
Rangers Barry Munyan and Paul Stevens investigated. A.K. suffered minor
lacerations to her neck from the knife. No suspects have yet been located.
[Paul Stevens, LES, CAHA, 7/4]
99-329 - Mesa Verde NP (CO) - Employee Fireline Injury
Park firefighter Eddie Garcia was overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas while
fighting a wildland fire in southern Colorado on June 30th. Garcia, crew
boss of the San Juan Interagency Type II crew, was securing a fireline on the
Valencia Canyon fire on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation when he collapsed
from exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas. Hydrogen sulfide occurs naturally
from coal bed vents located in the area where the fire was burning.
Firefighters were briefed on hazardous gases in the area and were wearing
belt gas detectors. Garcia reported smelling gas; at the same time, gas
detectors being worn by other firefighters began to beep. The fireline was
evacuated and Garcia, who was semi-conscious, was flown to Mercy Hospital in
Durango. Garcia and one Forest Service employee were treated for hydrogen
sulfide gas poisoning and released the next day. Both are expected to fully
recover. The incident is being investigated by a local interagency team.
Hydrogen sulfide is an extremely toxic gas often found near oil fields and
coal deposits. [Charlie Peterson, CR, MEVE, 7/2]
99-330 - Gateway NRA (NJ/NY) - PWC Accident; Two Fatalities
Two men between the ages of 25 and 30 were riding a personal watercraft on
the evening of July 4th when it struck a railroad trestle spanning the south
channel of Jamaica Bay. Both suffered blunt trauma injuries and were
transported to Peninsula General Hospital - one by NYPD helicopter, the other
by ambulance. USPP officers Clay Rice and Sal Norman performed CPR on the
latter while en route. Both were pronounced dead at the hospital. [Lt. J.A.
Lauro, NYFO, USPP, 7/5]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Wed Sat % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 6/30 7/3 Con Con
UT Richfield FO * Railroad T1 - 40,000 20 UNK
Moab FO * Wrigley T2 - 2,800 0 NR
* Steamboat -- - 100 0 NR
* Little Hole -- - 2,800 100 CND
Cedar City FO * Meadow Spring -- - 250 UNK UNK
Uintah/Ouray Agency * White Rocks -- - 993 100 CND
State * Rush -- - 3,000 30 7/5
NV Ely FO Mahogany -- 500 200 100 CND
Pioche T3 - 600 100 CND
* Condor 2 -- - 2,000 100 CND
Winnemucca District * Treaty -- - 550 100 CND
Carson City FO * Mira Loma -- - 2,297 100 CND
Elko FO * Hunter -- - 2,500 50 UNK
CO Craig District * North Ridge T2 - 500 75 7/5
Montrose District * Fruitland -- - 500 30 UNK
Grand Jct. District * Black Ridge Cx T2 - 2,000 0 UNK
* Black Mountain -- - 230 50 7/4
* Steamboat -- - 100 0 NR
CA Kern County Digier -- 580 810 100 CND
Shasta-Trinity RU * Lowden ST1 - 2,000 50 UNK
WA State * Major Creek ST - 650 60 7/4
Heading Notes
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Unit Agency or Area Office = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA
state resource or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; FO =
BLM field office; 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 I Team; T2 = Type II Team; T3 = Type III Team; ST =
State Team; FUM = Fire Use Management Team
% Con Percent of fire contained; UNK = unknown; NR = no report
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
Wednesday, 6/30 1 9 11 0 93 16 130
Thursday, 7/1 2 3 10 0 118 17 150
Friday, 7/2 2 15 48 0 58 36 159
Saturday, 7/3 3 12 15 1 147 28 106
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Wednesday, 6/30 65 226 26 2 215
Thursday, 7/1 68 200 28 3 194
Friday, 7/2 58 214 29 6 166
Saturday, 7/3 185 377 53 8 430
CURRENT SITUATION
New fires broke out and large fires continued over the weekend in the
Rockies, Great Basin, California and the Northwest. Several thousand acres
burned on fires in limited suppression areas in Alaska.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Nevada, California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Alaska, Wyoming, Texas and Idaho.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 7/2-4]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
INTERCHANGE
No entries.
PARKS AND PEOPLE
No entries.
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
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