- Date
- 1996-04-09
- Kind
- Rescue
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementcommunitydisasterpublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 9, 1996, more than fifteen Beaver Island volunteer firefighters responded within ten minutes to a chimney fire at the Cashman home and had the fire out by 9:30 a.m., according to the May Beacon.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper narrative of the response, not a fire department incident file or damage assessment.
Sources
- Reports a 7:35 a.m. call on April 9 after an overheated fireplace chimney caused a wall fire at the Cashman home, the arrival of more than 15 volunteers in under ten minutes, and containment by 9:30 a.m. 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 · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the fire-response report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department contains a Cashman home fire in April 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-cashman-home-fire-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1996, “The B. I. Fire Dept. Saves Another Home.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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