- Date
- 1997-11-16
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementhealthcaretransportationinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island’s new 1997 Ford/Mobile Medical ambulance arrived on November 16, 1997. The townships each contributed $15,000 toward the down payment, with the remaining $40,000 financed over three and a half years; local fees and donations funded medical and communications equipment. The older 1985 ambulance remained available as backup.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of delivery and financing, not an equipment inventory, lease, or EMS run record.
Sources
- Reports delivery on November 16 of a 1997 Ford/Mobile Medical ambulance, $15,000 down payments from each township, a $40,000 three-and-a-half-year lease-purchase balance, and about $16,000 in service fees and donations for a defibrillator, cot, stretchers, radio, and patient-compartment improvements. The 1985 ambulance remained as backup. 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 · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the new EMS ambulance report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island places a new Ford/Mobile Medical ambulance in service in 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-1997-ems-ambulance-in-service/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1998, “New EMS Ambulance In Service!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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