NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, March 9, 2009

INCIDENTS

Gateway NRA

Fire In Leased Park Building Causes Limited Damage

A maintenance worker at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office building in the park's Sandy Hook unit noticed smoke blowing out of the dive locker's air vents on the afternoon of March 5th and reported it to dispatch. The Sandy Hook fire brigade responded. Electrical power to the affected area was disconnected. The source of the smoke was determined to be an exhaust fan motor in the shower room that had burned out. Brigade members ventilated the smoke and searched for possible fire spread with an infrared camera, but found that damage was limited to the fan motor. The damage was estimated at about $1,000. The building is NPS-owned and leased to the state of New Jersey. NOAA is the building's primary tenant. [Bruce Lane, Acting Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

Servicewide - The National Park Service today announced the regional winners of the 2009 Harry Yount Park Ranger Award. The seven recipients automatically become the finalists for the national award that will be presented in early May.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2259" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2259

Timucuan E&HP - Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole, former president of Spelman and Bennett Colleges and a descendant of Anna and Zaphaniah Kingsley, gave the keynote speech at the eleventh annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration at Kingsley Plantation at Timucuan last month.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7426" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7426

Chief Information Officer - The Office of the Chief Information Officer 8s pleased to announce the release of its Information Technology/Information System Project Management Guide. This IT/IS guide supports all divisions of the organization as teams engage in technical project work.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=7422" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=7422

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings and the status of legislation pertinent to the National Park Service. Four new park-related bills were introduced, two others pertaining to battlefield protection passed the House, and hearings were held on a Saguaro boundary expansion and on actions being taken by federal agencies on climate change.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7425" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7425

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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