Name: Beaver Island’s new ambulance is equipped as the Fire Department adds an EMS division, 1986
Start: 1986-08
End: 1986-11
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1986-08 – 1986-11
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareemergency-managementpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

By August 1986, Beaver Island’s Fire Department had seven licensed EMTs and an equipped ambulance, and the November Beacon reported plans to establish an Emergency Medical Service division.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper progress and appeal report, not a vehicle title, inspection, license, training roster, audited account, or completed-service log.

Sources

Michael McGinnity, “Ambulance Equipped,” Beaver Beacon, November 1986.
Reports the township-funded purchase of a used 1979 ambulance, completion of the first EMT course and licensing of seven EMTs, approximately $1,800 in equipment paid initially by the Medical Center, the start of state licensure, and a $900 donation total. It is a newspaper progress and appeal report, not a vehicle title, inspection, license, training roster, audited account, or completed-service log. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the ambulance and EMS report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s new ambulance is equipped as the Fire Department adds an EMS division, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ambulance-ems-division-equipped-1986/, accessed [date], citing Michael McGinnity, “Ambulance Equipped,” Beaver Beacon, November 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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