Organization
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1961 Beaver Beacon identifies a Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department that fought the Albert Lewis home fire and saved the house from complete destruction. The May 1962 issue reports the Department extinguishing a LaFreniere Grocery Store fire and two other grass fires.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified organization record based on one operational notice. The issue supplies no founding date, charter, station, equipment inventory, officers, or complete membership.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department.”Reports the Volunteer Fire Department fighting the Albert Lewis home fire and saving the house from complete destruction. It does not provide a charter, station, equipment inventory, officer list, or responder roster.
- Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Help! Fire!”Reports five spring grass-fire missions and warns of the burden on volunteer firefighters. It does not identify responders, equipment, or a formal incident register.
- Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Fires.”Reports the Department extinguishing a LaFreniere Grocery Store fire on April 17 and two additional grass fires near Barney’s Lake and the Adams summer home. It does not identify responders, equipment, cause beyond the reported grass-fire origin, or a formal incident register.