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Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department adds rescue and fire equipment, 2009

Also Beaver Island Fire Department equipment 2009

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TypeEvent
Date2009-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2009-12
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department reported about $45,000 in new equipment, including a thermal imager, hydraulic cutter, and high-volume water pump. The article credits the Island Treasures Resale Shop and Bob McGlocklin Memorial Fund with helping finance the purchases.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper equipment report, not an inventory audit, procurement file, or independent performance evaluation.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "New Equipment for the Fire Department."
    Reports about $45,000 in thermal-imaging, hydraulic-cutting, and portable water-pump equipment, funded with resale-shop and memorial-fund support. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the equipment report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department adds rescue and fire equipment, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-volunteer-fire-department-new-equipment-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "New Equipment for the Fire Department." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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