NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
INCIDENTS
Glacier Bay NP&P
Rangers Respond To Three Same Day Incidents
On June 10th, rangers responded to a report of an engine fire on the Glacier Bay Lodge tour vessel Baranof Wind. The 79-foot daily sightseeing vessel had suffered a fire in the starboard engine room while transiting through the remote upper reaches of Glacier Bay.
Crew members on the Baranof Wind were able to extinguish the fire and called for assistance. The Holland America cruise ship Noordam was nearby and responded to the call; using a tender, the ship collected all 40 passengers and loaded them safely onto the Noordam and transferred them to the park dock.
At the same time, the Noordam requested assistance for a medical evacuation from the ship for a passenger who was suffering from a medical emergency. Park staff assisted with the transfer and evacuation of the patient from the cruise ship and to a medevac helicopter.
Park staff then received notice from the Coast Guard that the 73-foot commercial fishing vessel Kupreanof was taking on water off the outer coast of the park and rescued four crew members from a life raft. The vessel then sank into the Gulf of Alaska.
[Albert Faria, Chief Ranger]
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Two Shot And Injured In Parkway Incident
Park Police officers are investigating a shooting on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in which two people were injured. The incident took place in the parkways' northbound lanes at the intersection with Route 410 around 10 p.m. on June 11th.
Investigators are attempting to locate any witnesses who may have seen the shooting or were in the area of north and southbound Baltimore Washington Parkway at the time of the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
[Sergeant Lelani Woods, Public Information Officer]
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):
War in the Pacific NHP - War in the Pacific National Historical Park has completed the restoration of three World War II Japanese naval guns located in the park's Piti Guns Unit.
Pony Express NHT - National Trails Intermountain Region has created a Facebook page and Instagram profile for the Pony Express National Historic Trail. Site visitors can follow the 155th anniversary Pony Express re-ride, currently underway.
Office of Communications - The National Park Service has completed a feasibility study of the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington, D.C., a site important to the women's rights movement.
Saguaro NP - Mike Ward, a biological technician at Saguaro National Park will be reitiring on June 26th after 25 years of federal service.
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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