- Dates
- 2016-08-07 – 2016-08-08
- Kind
- Safety warning
- Where
- Font Lake
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- firesafetyenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Font Lake
Summary
During dry weather in August 2016, a Beaver Island fire-department member urged residents not to set off fireworks, citing high fire risk. The discussion also recorded concern about noise and possible disturbance to loons at Font Lake.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a contemporaneous safety warning and resident observation, not an official fire-danger measurement, prohibition, or documented fire.
Sources
- A resident objected to repeated fireworks near Font Lake and mentioned disturbance to loons; a participant identifying himself as a fire-department member urged people not to use fireworks because the island was at high fire risk during extremely dry weather. This is a contemporaneous warning, not a fire-danger index, ordinance, or incident report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010627
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fire department member warns against fireworks during dry weather, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fireworks-high-fire-risk-warning-2016/, accessed [date], citing Bill Schneider and Conan Connor, “Fireworks on Font Lake,” Beaver Island Forum, August 7–8, 2016..
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