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St. James emergency-exercise report, 2023

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TypeEvent
Date2023-05-10
WithinTownship of Saint James
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Township of Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Township of Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2023-05-10
Kind
Legal proceeding
Where
Township of Saint James
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governance
Within
Township of Saint James

Summary

St. James Township reported that an emergency exercise had gone well despite weather and radio-connectivity issues.

Evidence and limits

The minutes establish only the Board’s brief report. They do not identify the scenario or participants, establish evacuation or sheltering rehearsal, provide an after-action report or remediation, or demonstrate current capability.

Sources

  1. A forum notice asked readers to take note of an emergency exercise scheduled for April 29, 2023, but preserved no scenario, participating agencies, or results. It establishes public notice and approximate chronology only; the township minutes remain the stronger source for the later report that the exercise went well despite weather and radio-connectivity issues.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017653
  2. The library said its April 29 Lego Club session was canceled because of exercises at the school. This corroborates that an exercise was affecting island programming, but does not identify the scenario, agencies, or outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017682
  3. The Supervisor briefly reported an emergency exercise went well despite weather and radio-connectivity issues, with more information to follow. It does not specify a scenario or participants, establish evacuation/sheltering rehearsal, provide an after-action report or remediation, or demonstrate current emergency capability.
    governance · township_meetings · st-james-board · may-10-2023-approved-e2bb1b6b77

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James emergency-exercise report, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-james-emergency-exercise-report-2023/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Emergency excercise 4.29.23,” April 6, 2023. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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