- Dates
- 1985-04-15 – 1985-05-23
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disasteremergency-managementcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1985 Beaver Beacon reported Beaver Island Fire Department responses to an April 15 brush fire on Sloattown Road, a May 12 brush fire on Donnell More’s Lane, and a May 23 chimney collapse at Helen Pike’s home.
Evidence limits
The brief notice does not establish causes, damage, dispatch details, or the full response to any incident.
Sources
- Reports an April 15 brush fire on Sloattown Road, a May 12 brush fire on Donnell More's Lane, and a May 23 call when Helen Pike's chimney collapsed. It is a brief newspaper incident report, not a dispatch log, fire-investigation file, damage assessment, or response roster. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fire-department report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department responds to brush fires and a chimney collapse, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-incidents-april-may-1985/, accessed [date], citing Fire Department News, Beaver Beacon, June 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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