NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Friday, February 6, 2015
INCIDENTS
Grand Canyon NP
Search Continues For Missing Texas Man
Search and rescue crews continue to look for D.K., 21, of San Antonio, Texas, who was reported missing by family this past Monday.
More than 40 National Park Service personnel are assigned to the search for D.K.. Over the past several days, search teams have walked dozens of miles along the rim of the canyon, traversed the edge of canyon walls, and in some instances completed technical rappelling searches over the edge. Search and rescue crews continue to make use of the park helicopter to provide additional search coverage from the air.
D.K. was reported missing on February 2nd. His last known location was at the Bright Angel Lodge on the South Rim. He checked out on the morning of February 1st. He is 5'7” tall, weighs 140 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. Although searchers don't know what he was last wearing, it's known that he favors dark-colored clothing and typically wears a backwards baseball hat or a bandanna.
Anyone who may have had contact with or has information D.K's location should contact the National Park Service Silent Witness Line at 928-638-7840.
[Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski, Public Affairs Officer]
Organ Pipe Cactus NM
Rangers Save Park Volunteer's Life
Rangers saved the life of a coworker in the library of the Kris Eggle Visitor Center last week.
Rangers received an in-person report that a man had collapsed in the library. They found one of the park's volunteers conscious and breathing, but with a slightly altered level of consciousness. A local ambulance was requested.
While monitoring the man and obtaining his history, he suddenly stopped breathing and became pulseless. Ranger Jeff Quam immediately started CPR while Rangers Nathan Puskar and Matt Vandzura attached an AED. Quam's compressions resulted in a return of pulse, respirations, and semi-consciousness.
The ailing volunteer was transferred to Ajo Ambulance and then to Air Evac Five for transport to Banner Estrella Hospital in Phoenix. Within four days, he was back at the park, outfitted with a pacemaker. He's been cleared to begin working again in a couple of weeks.
[Matt Vandzura, Chief Ranger]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers):
Office of International Affairs - The United States is nominating a group of ten buildings in seven states designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List, which recognizes the most significant cultural and natural sites on the planet.
Operational Leadership - Two years in the making, the NPS Operational Leadership eight-hour supervisors' course is moving forward. Six pilot classes have already taken place with a couple of more slated for this winter.
Gateway NRA - The park's 2014 photo contest exhibit opened on Saturday, January 24th. The exhibit showcases the very best images from a competition in which photographers were asked to tell a story with pictures.
Denver Service Center - Debbie Tadolini, chief of DSC's Information Management Branch, will retire on February 27th. Debbie oversees and implements DSC project oversight and scheduling processes and systems.
Servicewide Training Calendar - The following have been added to this week's calendar - the fall session of the National Search and Rescue Academy, an NPS.gov centennial project park website navigation training webinar, an updated listing for the NREMT refresher at Independence, and an asset management course at Shenandoah.
To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites:
NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index
Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/
The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).
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