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Saugatuck donates a Sutphen pumper to the Beaver Island Fire Department in 2013

Also Saugatuck Fire District Sutphen pumper donated to Beaver Island 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2013-08
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Award
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that Saugatuck Fire Chief Greg Janik and the Saugatuck Fire District Board donated a 1988 Sutphen pumper, ladders, suction lines, and hose to the Beaver Island Fire Department. The pumper was to be housed at Fire Station No. 2 on East Side Drive.

Evidence limits

The source documents the donation and intended assignment; it does not provide a later equipment-inventory or service report.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2013, "Let There Be ... More Water."
    Reports that Saugatuck Fire Chief Greg Janik and the Saugatuck Fire District Board donated a 1988 Sutphen pumper, ladders, suction lines, and hose, with the pumper assigned to Fire Station No. 2 on East Side Drive. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held September issue scan confirms the fire-equipment donation.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Saugatuck donates a Sutphen pumper to the Beaver Island Fire Department in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-saugatuck-fire-pumper-donation-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2013, "Let There Be ... More Water." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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