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Subject: NPS Morning Report - Thursday, October 7, 1999
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:13:20 -0400
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Thursday, October 7, 1999
INCIDENTS
99-104 - Shenandoah NP (VA) - Follow-up: Car Clouts
On the evening of March 17th, six motor vehicles parked along Skyline Drive
in the South District were broken into. Various items were stolen, including
several credit cards. A joint investigation by the park (ranger Ken Mehne
and criminal investigator Tim Alley) and the Greene County Sheriff's Office
led to the identification and interview of two men - B.P. and S.O.,
both 19 - and a juvenile female regarding their activities in the
park on the 17th and their subsequent activities regarding the stolen
property. Some of that property was recovered during consent searches. On
September 19th, B.P. pled guilty to theft of property in magistrate's
court. Charges of destruction of property and possession of stolen property
were dropped as per prior agreement. He was sentenced to a year's
unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $2,427.50 in restitution to his
victims. S.O. pled guilty to all of the above three charges; he was
sentenced to two years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $4,032.50
in restitution. The juvenile female was not prosecuted. Ranger Ken Mehne
was the case agent. [Rick Childs, DR, South District, SHEN, 10/6]
99-607 - Coronado NM (AZ) - Drug Seizure
Rangers assisted in a multi-agency, counter-narcotics operation on the
evening of October 1st. A vehicle stop was conducted during the operation
which resulted in the seizure of 231.5 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of
two suspected smugglers. The vehicle had been spotted transporting the drugs
through the park. [Fred Moosman, CR, CORO, 20/6]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level III
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Tue Wed % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 10/5 10/6 Con Con
CA Shasta-Trinity NF Big Bar Cx AC/2T1 101,973 102,273 45 UNK
Tehama-Glenn RU Gun 2 ST 60,390 60,390 100 CND
Los Padres NF Kirk Cx 2T1 80,720 82,663 62 10/9
Cleveland NF La Jolla T2 7,500 7,600 90 10/8
Sierra South Region Sliger -- 150 185 100 CND
Sequoia NP * Williams -- - 106 0 RBF
UT Cedar City FO * Dog Valley -- - 1,125 90 10/7
ID Sawtooth NF * Queasy -- - 615 0 RBF
Upper Snake District * Walker -- - 600 100 CND
Clearwater NF * Sweet 70 -- - 431 0 RBF
OR Siskiyou NF Repeater T2 1,980 1,980 100 CND
Vale District Horse Creek -- 1,000 1,000 NR NR
OK State * Union Valley -- - 200 NR NR
Heading Notes
Unit Agency or Area Office = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA
state resource or ranger unit; RD = CA state ranger district;
Region = CA state region; FO = BLM field office; District = BLM
district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex
IMT AC = Area Command; 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; UNK = unknown; NR = no
report; RBF = resource benefit fire, no containment action being
taken; LR = last report unless significant activity occurs
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Sunday, 10/3 0 0 4 0 32 13 49
Monday, 10/4 0 2 4 0 152 29 187
Tuesday, 10/5 2 7 6 0 72 19 106
Wednesday, 10/6 0 1 1 1 92 19 114
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Sunday, 10/3 412 559 111 0 1,922
Monday, 10/4 426 569 96 0 2,574
Tuesday, 10/5 459 587 110 2 2,523
Wednesday, 10/6 321 490 97 0 2,255
CURRENT SITUATION
New large fires were reported in the eastern Great Basin, South and southern
California yesterday.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in California, Oregon, Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois, and Georgia.
NICC has issued a RED FLAG WARNING for low humidity and gusty north winds
through and below mountain passes and canyons in southern California.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 10/7]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND EDUCATION
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
INTERCHANGE
No entries.
PARKS AND PEOPLE
Intermountain Support Office - REVISION: The vacancy announcement for the GS-
13/14 regional chief ranger (visitor and resource protection) for
Intermountain Support Office - Denver, Intermountain Region, still opens
tomorrow, but has been extended to October 29th. For more information,
contact either Peggy Ponder at 303-969-2630 or Hal Grovert at 303-969-2800.
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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