Name: Beaver Island fire department receives a grant for brush-fire equipment
Start: 2012-12
End: 2012-12
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island fire department receives a grant for brush-fire equipment

Also Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Assistance brush fire equipment grant 2012

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TypeEvent

Date2012-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2012-12
Kind: Award
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: firepublic-serviceemergency-managementfundraising
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that the Beaver Island fire department received a $2,000 Volunteer Fire Assistance grant through the Michigan DNR to purchase brush-fire-fighting equipment.

Evidence limits

The article establishes the grant announcement, not the later purchase or deployment of the equipment.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "News from the Townships."
Reports that Fire Chief Tim McDonough announced receipt of a $2,000 Volunteer Fire Assistance grant through the DNR for brush-fire-fighting equipment. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held January issue scan confirms the grant report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island fire department receives a grant for brush-fire equipment”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-brush-equipment-grant-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "News from the Townships." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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