- Date
- 2012-03-08
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Emergency Services Authority
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareemergency-managementaviationgovernancepublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2012 Beaver Beacon reports a March 8 joint-township meeting on a local EMS air-ambulance program. Island Airways had equipment and an approved operations manual, while a committee was formed to develop the service and consider its costs, insurance, and reimbursement.
Evidence limits
The report describes an implementation effort and proposed test period, not a completed permanent service.
Sources
- Contemporaneous meeting notice identifies Michael Slattery of Leading Edge Aviation Consulting and the agenda item as a feasibility evaluation for fixed-wing medical evacuation capability for Beaver Island EMS. It establishes the announced meeting and subject; the Beacon reports the discussion and proposed implementation steps.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004669
- Notice announces a special joint-Township meeting to consider additions to the air-evacuation committee and methods for reaching an agreement with Island Airways. It establishes the scheduled governance step, not the meeting outcome.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005188
- Beaver Beacon, April 2012, "News from the Townships: Air Ambulance."Reports consultant Michael Slattery's discussion of two-to-two-and-a-half-hour responses and $10,000-to-$20,000 costs, proposed insurance-law exceptions, Island Airways equipment and operations approval, a potential one-year test, and a township committee to move the program forward. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the air-ambulance planning report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships advance a local EMS air-ambulance plan, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-air-ambulance-planning-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Joint Township Meeting, March 8, 7 PM St James Twp Hall”, March 7, 2012. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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