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Beaver Island townships approve an EMS air-ambulance consultant

Also Beaver Island EMS fixed-wing air ambulance consultant 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2011-04
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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healthcareemergency-managementtransportationgovernance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2011 Beacon reports that both townships approved pursuing consultant Michael Slattery’s help with Beaver Island EMS air-evacuation requirements. The reported goal was a fixed-wing air ambulance program that could qualify for the new system and improve emergency transport.

Evidence limits

The report documents the approvals and proposed consulting work, not a completed certification, operating program, or later patient transport.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "News from the Townships."
    Reports approval to pursue Mike Slattery for up to roughly 30 hours at $160 per hour in St. James and up to 36 hours at the same rate in Peaine, to guide the EMS toward satisfying fixed-wing air-evacuation requirements and qualifying for a program. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the EMS consultant report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. A post by Joe Moore points readers to the 41-page feasibility report as publicly available after its presentation at a St. James Township meeting and links to Beaver Island News and Charlevoix County copies. The post is a pointer to the report, not evidence of its findings; no claims from the report are adopted here without the primary document.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004090

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships approve an EMS air-ambulance consultant”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-fixed-wing-air-ambulance-consultant-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "News from the Townships." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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