- Dates
- 1983-07-03 – 1983-07-05
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fireemergency-managementpublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1983 Beaver Beacon reported a July 3 transformer-fire alarm behind Harbor View II and two July 5 grass-fire alarms near Barney’s Lake.
Evidence limits
The brief newspaper report does not establish causes, damage, or a complete fire-department incident log.
Sources
- Reports an alarm for a transformer fire behind Harbor View II on July 3, a grass fire near Barney's Lake on July 5 that was not caused by the house fire, and another evening alarm that was out before the trucks arrived. It does not provide causes, damage assessments, incident numbers, or responder rosters. 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 · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fire-call report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department answers July 1983 fire calls”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-july-1983-incidents/, accessed [date], citing “Other Fire News,” Beaver Beacon, August 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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