Name: Volunteer firefighters respond to five grass-fire calls during a dry spring, 1961
Start: 1961-04
End: 1961-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1961-04 – 1961-05
Kind: Disaster
Carried out by: Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitygovernanceenvironment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

During a dry spring in 1961, Beaver Island’s Volunteer Fire Department was called to five grass-fire missions. The Beacon warned that escaped burning had damaged woodpiles, house siding, and pine trees.

Evidence and limits

The report gives an aggregate count rather than a complete incident register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Help! Fire!”
Reports five Volunteer Fire Department missions after grass fires escaped control, with woodpiles, house siding, and pine trees catching fire. It urges permits and caution but does not identify individual incidents, responders, equipment, or a fire-service log.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteer firefighters respond to five grass-fire calls during a dry spring, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grass-fire-response-spring-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Help! Fire!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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