Cape Hatteras National Seashore (NC)
Wildlife Poaching and Vandalism
On Saturday, March 27th, rangers found the remains of two eastern
white-tailed deer near Bodie Island lighthouse. The deer, which were
intact, had been killed by small caliber bullets to their heads. The
comfort station windows and a handicapped parking sign had also been
shot up, and .22 caliber casings were found in the area. On March 30th,
two more dead deer were found on the Oregon Inlet beach a couple of
miles from the lighthouse. Both were again intact, with small caliber
wounds in their heads. Rangers and state resource officers set up a
decoy deer operation on Friday, April 2nd. Just after 9 p.m. that
evening, J.P. and W.M., both 18, were arrested for twice shooting at the
decoy deer with a .22 caliber rifle. They both waived their Miranda
rights and admitted to killing the four deer and to the vandalism to the
comfort station and sign. Intake ranger Miranda Cook worked the
surveillance operation with the state officers; rangers Chuck Huston,
Jason King and Paul Stevens also assisted.
[Submitted by Paul K.
Stevens, Law Enforcement Specialist]
Blue Ridge Parkway
Attempted Suicide
A 31-year-old woman drove her car off the Rockfish Valley overlook in
an attempt to commit suicide just before midnight on April 1st.
Enforcement and emergency services personnel from Blue Ridge Parkway,
Shenandoah NP, Augusta County and Nelson County responded. The woman
sustained minor injuries and refused medical treatment. Nelson County
deputies took her to the University of Virginia Hospital for
psychological evaluation.
[Submitted by Chief Rangers Office]
FIRE MANAGEMENT
National Interagency Fire Center
NIFC Situation Report — Monday, April 12, 2004
Preparedness Level 1
Initial attack remained light on Sunday.
No states reported high or extreme fire indices.
National Resource Commitments
| Day |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
|
Date |
4/8 |
4/9 |
4/10 |
4/11 |
4/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crews |
15 |
9 |
15 |
22 |
7 |
|
Engines |
142 |
61 |
70 |
89 |
32 |
|
Helicopters |
13 |
9 |
7 |
13 |
5 |
|
Air Tankers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overhead |
216 |
192 |
224 |
269 |
113 |
National Team Commitments
|
State |
Type Team |
Team IC |
Fire/Location |
Acres 4/11 |
Acres |
Percent Contain |
Est. Full Contain |
|
FL |
T1 |
Ferguson |
East Fork Fire, Florida National Forests |
14,600 |
14,600 |
60% |
4/16 |
PARKS AND PEOPLE
Department of the Interior
Watch Office Detail Opportunity
The Department of the Interior Watch Office is looking for a volunteer to work in that office from April 11th thru May 1st. Individuals do not have to be law enforcement qualified, but due to travel caps must be within driving distance of the Washington, DC, area. Travel and per diem are covered, but backfill and "base eight" are not authorized. Please contact staffing coordinator John Krambrink (360-507-0442) or Tom Tschohl (541-210-0273) if interested.[Submitted by Tom Tschohl]
NPS Office at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Ranger Class 401 Graduates
National Park Ranger Integrated Training Program Class 401 (NPRI-401), the twelfth calls to complete training under the six-day work week program, graduated from FLETC on February 18th. Immediately prior to the graduation ceremonies, class members placed a wreath at FLETC's Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Superintendent Cindy Ott-Jones (BEOL) was the keynote speaker.
- Driving — Ranger Ryan Balentine (INDE) was the top driver with a perfect 300 score. Rangers Aaron Scott (BIBE) and Christopher Waldschmidt (SEKI) also received perfect 300 scores.
- Fitness — Rangers Todd Austin (LAME) and Bernardo Felix (FIIS) received distinguished fitness awards. Rangers Scott Allee (CHIS), Jeffrey Caulfield (LACL) and Ron Sams (INDE) earned the fitness award (equivalent to scoring above 95%) on the PEB.
- Firearms — Ranger Jessica Jordan (CARE) was the high firearms expert with 299 points out of a possible 300. She was joined by Caulfield, George Lewis (CUIS), Waldschmidt, Allee, Jason Gaskin (GLCA), Alan Jontz (ORPI), Jason Lux (GLCA) and Rachel Strain (CHOH), who also qualified as expert shooters.
- Scholarship — Ranger Bradley Blickhan (GLAC) was the class scholar with an outstanding 96.63 academic average. He was joined by Caulfield and Timothy Townsend (YELL), who also scored above 95% in the FLETC academic portion.
- Director's Award — Jeffrey Caulfield received the class nomination for the FLETC Director's Award as the outstanding ranger of the class. He also received the NPS Director's Award, which recognizes the graduating student who achieved the highest overall average in all integrated training phases without remediating any practical exercises. Caulfield's final overall average was an amazing 97.75538 score.
- Overall Scoring — A total of six rangers scored
above the 95% level in the overall scoring, while 21 out of 22 rangers
finished with an overall average above 90%. The overall class
average was an outstanding 93.9635%, which ranks NPRI-401 as the class
with the eleventh highest overall class average among all NPRI classes
(with NPRI-401 added in, the overall average of all NPRI classes
combined is an outstanding 94.06871%).
Congratulations to NPRI-401 on a job well done. NPRI-401 is now in the field training phase and NPRI-403 has beginning instruction at FLETC. NPRI-405 begins on April 7th.
United States Park Police
Stephen Godfrey Cited for Excellence at FLETC
On Thursday, March 18th, Detective Sergeant Stephen Godfrey of the Internal Affairs Unit graduated from the Criminal Investigator Training program (CITP-412) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). He was the recipient for the highest academic award for this class, with an academic average of 98.60%. He also received an expert marksmanship score in survival shooting. The FLETC program manager recognized him by offering the following tribute: "A noteworthy accomplishment such as this could only be attained through strong self-motivation and a willingness to put forth the extra effort and study necessary to go beyond that which is normally required or expected." Congratulations!
[Submitted by Lieutenant Rob MacLean]
Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.
Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.