Name: Grand Traverse Band grant equips Beaver Island EMS with an advanced-life-support vehicle, 2005
Start: 2005
End: 2005
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareemergency-managementtransportationcommunityanishinaabe-odawa
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island EMS acquired a 1999 Dodge Dakota advanced-life-support vehicle with help from a $25,000 Grand Traverse Band grant. The May 2005 notice credits the grant with enabling the specialized emergency vehicle.

Evidence limits

The brief notice does not provide the vehicle’s equipment inventory, title, or operational history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "The E-Car."
Reports a $25,000 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians grant that enabled the EMS to purchase a 1999 Dodge Dakota equipped as an advanced-life-support rig. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the grant and vehicle report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grand Traverse Band grant equips Beaver Island EMS with an advanced-life-support vehicle, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-e-car-grand-traverse-band-grant-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "The E-Car." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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