Name: Beaver Island EMS reports its ambulance calls, active EMTs, and service plan, 1986
Start: 1986-04
End: 1986-12
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: 1986-04 – 1986-12
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareemergency-managementpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1986 Beaver Beacon EMS report describes active EMT staffing, April–December ambulance calls and outcomes, new training, ACLS capability, equipment costs, and a proposed family contribution plan.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper service and appeal reports, not patient records, dispatch logs, certifications, audited accounts, or a licensed-service contract.

Sources

News from EMS, Beaver Beacon, December 1986.
Reports five active EMTs after departures, a seven-day rotation, a new class of ten, April–December ambulance calls and outcomes, ACLS training, $1,800 equipment costs, and a proposed $25 annual family contribution plan pending state ambulance licensure. The adjacent Medical Auxiliary note thanks island supporters for the Christmas Bazaar bake sale. These are newspaper service and appeal reports, not patient records, dispatch logs, certifications, audited accounts, or a licensed-service contract. 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, December 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the EMS report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island EMS reports its ambulance calls, active EMTs, and service plan, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-november-1986-monthly-report/, accessed [date], citing News from EMS, Beaver Beacon, December 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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