- Date
- 2011-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementpublic-servicecommunicationweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2011 Beacon warns of an elevated wildfire season after a mild, dry winter. It says burning permits are required without snow cover, identifies the local permit process, and gives fire-status and defensible-space guidance.
Evidence limits
This record documents public guidance, not a fire incident, permit ledger, or later fire-danger determination.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "Don't Get Burned."Warns that a burning permit is required without snow cover, identifies Tim McDonough as the local permit contact, and describes twice-daily fire-status decisions and defensible-space precautions. 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
- The held issue scan confirms the fire-safety notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island publishes 2011 wildfire-season and burning-permit guidance”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-safety-burning-permit-guidance-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "Don't Get Burned." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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