Zion National Park (UT)
Rescue of Hiker from Angels Landing
Rangers rescued an injured hiker from Angels Landing in Zion Canyon
on Saturday, June 5th. C.V., 33, of New York City, had
injured his knee the previous evening and spent Friday night with
rangers near the top of Angels Landing. He was evacuated Saturday
morning by helicopter. C.V. and a group of nine colleagues began the
2.5-mile, 1,488-foot climb up the Angels Landing trail on Friday
afternoon. About 200 yards past Scout Lookout, C.V. injured his knee and
was unable to put weight on it. His hiking partners tried to help him
back down the trail but the steep, rocky terrain made it too difficult.
The group used a cell phone to call 911. Park dispatch was alerted a t
8:30 p.m. and two rangers and a medic and
EMT began hiking to the scene. They made contact with C.V. at
10:30 p.m. He was stabilized, but because of
the dark, it was decided the safest course of action would be to spend
the night on top and begin the rescue operation the next morning. The
rangers monitored C.V.'s condition through the night. It was decided
that a technical rescue would require a larger number of people and
increase danger to the team. A short-haul operation using a helicopter
was chosen instead, and the NPS helicopter at Grand Canyon was
requested. On Saturday morning, a paramedic was flown to Angels Landing
suspended 100 feet below the helicopter. C.V. was attached to the rope
and, at 10:45 a.m., flown with the
paramedic to the Zion Lodge parking lot. There he was transferred to the
Zion National Park ambulance and taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center
in St. George, Utah. Ten Zion rangers and a Grand Canyon helicopter crew
of four were involved in the rescue. This was the fourth search and
rescue operation in the park in less then a week and the first
short-haul operation for the year. In 2003 three short-haul operations
were performed — one moving a visitor with a minor injury from a
difficult location and two that saved lives.
[Submitted by Janice
Kali, Public Affairs Office]
FIRE MANAGEMENT
National Interagency Fire Center
NIFC Situation Report Highlights — Monday, June 7, 2004
Preparedness Level 1
Seventy-nine new fires were reported on Sunday. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Warnings and Watches
A RED FLAG WARNING has been posted today for Mono and Alpine Counties in California for high winds and low relative humidity.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH has been issued for the southern two-thirds of Nevada for gusty winds and low relative humidity (excluding only Humboldt County, Elko County, and northern Washoe, Lander and Eureka Counties).
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH has been issued southeast Utah for strong winds and low relative humidity.
National Resource Commitments
| Day |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
|
Date |
6/1 |
6/2 |
6/3 |
6/4 |
6/5 |
6/6 |
6/7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crews |
36 |
36 |
35 |
35 |
31 |
49 |
50 |
|
Engines |
57 |
85 |
71 |
111 |
103 |
141 |
129 |
|
Helicopters |
12 |
13 |
16 |
15 |
12 |
14 |
25 |
|
Air Tankers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overhead |
473 |
364 |
332 |
284 |
347 |
275 |
227 |
National/State Team Commitments
Newly listed fires (on this report) appear below in boldface. Fires are sorted by type of team; teams are listed in alphabetical order within each type by the IC's last name. Asterisks indicate state teams.
|
State |
Type |
Team IC |
Fire/Location |
Acres |
Acres |
Percent |
Est Full |
|
CA |
T1 * |
Henson |
Gaviota Fire |
--- |
7,553 |
20 |
UNK |
|
| |||||||
|
NM |
T2 |
Bateman |
Peppin Fire |
44,500 |
48,000 |
55 |
UNK |
|
FL |
T2 * |
Jones |
Road 1 Fire |
2,858 |
2,858 |
85 |
6/6 |
Further Information
This report is meant to present just highlights of the current fire situation. Two other NIFC sites provide much greater detail:
Full NIFC Situation Report (PDF file) — http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.pdf
National Fire News — http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
Information on the NPS Fire Management Program Center (FMPC) and on park fires can be found at:
FMPC — http://www.nps.gov/fire
Park fires — http://www.nps.gov/fire/news
Lassen Volcanic National Park (CA)
Manzanita Lake Prescribed Fire (Prescribed Fire Treatment)
This prescribed fire plan has been written to faciliate initial treatment of the Manzanita Lake project. The total acreage for the project is 620 acres and is mostly Fuel Model 9.
The burn was initiated at 11:00 hrs. on June 2nd and will take 2-3 days to complete. Crews from the National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service are working together to complete this burn. (full report)
As of June 5, the 620 acre Manzanita Lake Unit has been completed. Thanks to the combined efforts of Lassen National Forest, Whiskeytown NRA, Crater Lake National Park, Zion National Park, and the BIA project objectives are being met. The unit will be "mopped up" and monitored over the next several days.
Status: Two trails will be closed near the prescribed burn area.
Acreage: 620 acres over three days
Resources Committed: NPS Crew 1 (Zion Fire Use Module, Crater Lake and Lassen),
BIA Karuk Crew 1,
LNF Fuels Crew 2,
WNP Fire Use Module
LNF E-33, LNF E-35, WNP-E2, LNP-E74
Misc overhead from Lassen, Crater Lake, Whiskey Town and Zion
Estimated containment date: June 7, 2004[Submitted by Scott Isaacson, scott_isaacson@nps.gov, 530 595-4444 x 5162]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Servicewide
Remembrance of President Reagan
The White House has issued two directives regarding Saturday's death of former President Ronald Reagan.
All flags are to be lowered to half-staff immediately and flown at half-staff for 30 days. This is in accord with Presidential Proclamation 3044, as amended.
President Bush has also issued an "Executive Order Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on June 11, 2004." The language reads as follows:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies shall be closed on June 11, 2004, as a mark of respect for Ronald Reagan, the fortieth President of the United States. That day shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
Sec. 2. The first sentence of section 1 of this order shall not apply to those offices and installations, or parts thereof, in the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or other departments, independent establishments, and governmental agencies that the heads thereof determine should remain open for reasons of national security or defense or other essential public business.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 6, 2004.
The White House web site with this executive order can be found at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040606-3.html
PARKS AND PEOPLE
Intermountain Region
IMR Park Units and Employees Recognized for Fire Management Accomplishments
Five park units and three employees within the Intermountain Region have been recognized for fire management program accomplishments in 2003. The awards were announced recently by Bryan Swift, Intermountain Region Fire Management Officer.
Grand Canyon National Park was selected for the Paul Gleason memorial "Keeper of the Flame" award for Prescribed Fire and Wildland Fire Use accomplishments. "Excellence In Wildland Fire Management" awards went to El Malpais National Monument and Lake Meredith National Recreation Area for their accomplishments in suppression, aviation, prescribed fire, fire ecology, fuels management, interagency coordination, training, and support of satellite parks. Also recognized for having an outstanding Wildland Fire Management program was Hubbell Trading Post and Chiricahua National Monument. "Park accomplishments are critical to our success in wildland fire management" stated Swift, "the region is blessed with outstanding contributors and these parks were selected from a very competitive field of candidates."
Alan Cox, Superintendent, Amistad National Recreation Area; John Lujan, Superintendent, Guadalupe Mountains National Park; and Mary Risser, Superintendent, Golden Spike National Historic Site were recognized for their support to the Wildland Fire Management Program in 2003. "These individuals continually go above and beyond the call of duty year after year to support the fire program efforts. It is truly an honor for me to have these dedicated employees supporting fire management in the NPS," stated Swift.
--NPS--
[Submitted by Patricia Turley, patricia_turley@nps.gov, 505-988-6745]
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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.