Name: 911 emergency dialing becomes available on Beaver Island in 1996
Start: 1996-06-24
End: 1996-06-24
Location: Beaver Island

911 emergency dialing becomes available on Beaver Island in 1996

Also Beaver Island 911 activation 1996

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TypeEvent

Date1996-06-24

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1996-06-24
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: public-serviceemergency-managementcommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1996 Beaver Beacon announced that Beaver Island emergency callers could dial 911 beginning June 24, replacing the former seven-digit emergency number.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper service announcement; it does not document the dispatch agreement, technical implementation, or later emergency-call performance.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1996, “911 comes to Beaver Island.”
States that as of the morning of Monday, June 24, Beaver Island callers could dial 911 for emergencies instead of the former seven-digit number. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1996, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the 911 activation notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “911 emergency dialing becomes available on Beaver Island in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-911-service-activation-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1996, “911 comes to Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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