- Date
- 2007-08-06
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fireemergency-managementaviationweathercommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On August 6, 2007, Beaver Island residents reported a smell of smoke during northerly winds. The Fire Department searched for the source, including an aerial check by Paul Welke, and determined that the smoke came from a major Upper Peninsula forest fire.
Evidence limits
The short report does not identify the specific fire or provide a dispatch record; no Island fire was found.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2007, "Is That Smoke?"Reports BIFD mobilizing after residents smelled smoke, with Paul Welke searching by aircraft, and identifying the source as a large Upper Peninsula forest fire rather than an Island fire. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the smoke-search report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department searches for a smoke report that came from an Upper Peninsula fire, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-smoke-search-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2007, "Is That Smoke?" (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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