Name: Joe Moore announces a second retirement from Beaver Island EMS, 2016
Start: 2016-07-02
End: 2016-07-08
Location: Beaver Island

Joe Moore announces a second retirement from Beaver Island EMS, 2016

Also Joe Moore EMS retirement 2016

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TypeEvent

Dates2016-07-02 – 2016-07-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2016-07-02 – 2016-07-08
Kind: Retirement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-serviceshealthcarepublic-servicecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In July 2016, Beaver Island community members announced that Joe Moore had retired again from island service after nearly three decades and thanked him for emergency care and other community work. The retirement occurred during the summer’s EMS staffing crisis.

Evidence limits

This is a community retirement announcement and tribute, not an EMS personnel file. The archive already contains a 2007 Beaver Beacon report of an earlier retirement, so the 2016 discussion is treated as a second retirement or return to service rather than silently replacing the earlier record.

Sources

BradG and forum contributors, “Joe Moore,” Beaver Island Forum, July 3–8, 2016.
The opening post said Joe Moore had retired after almost 30 years of service, and replies identified his emergency-care work and wider teaching, music, and community service. The thread is community testimony rather than a formal personnel record; the wording also needs to be read alongside the 2007 Beaver Beacon report of an earlier EMS retirement.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010412

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Joe Moore announces a second retirement from Beaver Island EMS, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joe-moore-second-ems-retirement-2016/, accessed [date], citing BradG and forum contributors, “Joe Moore,” Beaver Island Forum, July 3–8, 2016..

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