- Dates
- 1985-07-07 – 1985-07-23
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disasteremergency-managementcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Fire Department reported three July 1985 calls: a grass and brush fire at Dave Howell’s on July 11, a grass fire at the dump on July 17, and a July 23 smoke incident at the Shamrock Bar after a furnace intake was closed. The department also answered a July 7 possible-stroke emergency call.
Evidence limits
This is a brief newspaper incident report. It does not establish causes, damage, dispatch details, or the full response to any call.
Sources
- Reports a July 11 grass and brush fire at Dave Howell’s, a July 17 grass fire at the dump, a July 23 Shamrock Bar smoke call caused by a closed furnace intake, and a July 7 emergency call for a possible stroke. It is a brief newspaper report, not a dispatch log, incident investigation, 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the Fire Department report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department reports July fires and emergency call, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-july-incidents-1985/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Fire Department report, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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