- Date
- 1980-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- public-servicecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December Fire Tip columns addressed wood-stove clearances, creosote and chimney fires, safe installation, ash handling, smoke detectors, and protecting children from burns.
Evidence and limits
This is historical public-service guidance, not current code or safety advice.
Sources
- Provides period guidance on keeping combustibles three feet from stoves, preventing creosote, responding to chimney fires, safe trash burning, child protection, minimum hearth and stove clearances, chimney installation, smoke detectors, ash buckets, gloves, pokers, and shovels. It is historical public-service guidance, not current code or safety advice. 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 · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the wood-stove safety columns.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon publishes wood-stove and chimney safety guidance, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-tip-wood-stove-safety-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1980, “Fire Tip of the Month #5 & #6.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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