NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
INCIDENTS
Cumberland Island NS
Maintenance Worker's Life Saved By Fellow Employee
A park maintenance worker recently saved a coworker's life through effective use of the Heimlich maneuver.
Maintenance Mechanics Fred Forbes and Mitchell “Mickey” Bosworth were eating lunch together on the island when Mickey took a bite of cookie with a drink of water and it lodged in his airway. He immediately stood up from his chair, knocking it over. Forbes turned when he heard the shuffle, recognized that there was a problem, and asked Mickey if he was choking. Nodding yes, he raised his arms so Fred could assist. With two abdominal thrusts, Mickey was able to breath.
“He saved my life,” Mickey said, explaining how Cumberland Island is remote and accessible by boat, with limited emergency services.
“I am sincerely grateful for Fred becoming certified through American Red Cross training and how he responded with the Heimlich maneuver,” said Superintendent Gary Ingram. “We tell our fellow employees this training could save someone's life, and sure enough it did.”
Park facility employees completed the American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program last December with National Park Service instructor Jill Jaworski. The HYPERLINK "http://www.redcross.org/ux/take-a-class" American Red Cross offers a wide variety of training and skills you need to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
[Kara Roll]
Lake Mead NRA
Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Park Beach
The pilot of a small plane carrying three passengers made an emergency landing near Lake Mead yesterday with only minor injuries to the occupants.
Just after 5 a.m., park dispatch received a call reporting that a small aircraft had landed at Special Events Beach along Boulder Beach. Rangers and personnel from the Clark County Fire Department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue, the Federal Aviation Administration, and Community Ambulance responded.
The pilot was flying his three passengers from North Las Vegas to El Paso. The three women, all from the El Paso area, were visiting Las Vegas for the weekend. Two were treated for minor injuries, but none of them were taken to the hospital.
According to the passengers, the plane's engine stopped running over the mountains along the eastern side of the Boulder Basin. The passengers said the pilot circled back toward Boulder City to avoid landing in the mountains or on the water. They said the plane glided to a landing on Boulder Beach.
The aircraft, a 1979 Piper PA-32R-301 (also known as a Cherokee 6), landed on the beach between two portable restrooms. No facilities were damaged, and it doesn't appear that there are any fuel leaks from the aircraft.
A portion of Special Events Beach will remain temporarily closed until the aircraft can safely be removed and the investigation by the FAA, National Transportation Safety Board and the park can be completed.
[Public Affairs Office]
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):
Fort McHenry NM&HS - About a thousand people gathered along the water's edge in the park on the morning of June 19th to see the French tall ship Hermione make its grand entrance into Baltimore. Hermione is a replica of the ship that brought the Marquis De Lafayette to America during the Revolutionary War.
Southeast Region - This May, Christiansted National Historic Site replaced its exterior lights with sustainable lighting through the replacement of the park's metal halide bulbs with light-emitting diode lights and fixtures.
Youth Programs Division - A story on the recently renewed partnership between the NPS and the Girl Scouts, including the launching of a revamped Girl Scout Ranger Program, has appeared in their national newsletter.
Pacific West Region - Denise Louie has been selected to join Pacific West Region's natural resources staff as assistant team leader. She assumed her new duties on June 15th.
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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