- Dates
- 1983-08-26 – 1983-08-27
- 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 September 1983 Beaver Beacon reported an August 26 bonfire response at Carey’s, August 27 wildfire-containment training, new vehicle red lights for fire responses, and a false alarm at Font Lake.
Evidence limits
This is a brief newspaper operational report, not a fire investigation, training record, or complete incident log.
Sources
- Reports a Carey's bonfire call around 10:30 p.m. on August 26, a training session on August 27 about containing wild, grass, and forest fires, firefighters receiving red lights for vehicles responding to fires, and a false alarm at the south end of Font Lake. It does not provide incident numbers, causes, damage, training curriculum, or a responder roster. 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 · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fire and training report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island firefighters answer August calls and train for wildfires, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-training-and-august-fires-1983/, accessed [date], citing Fire News, Beaver Beacon, September 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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