- Dates
- 2009-06-05 – 2009-06-06
- Kind
- Training
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/beaver-island-fire-department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementpublic-safetycommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In June 2009, Beaver Island’s all-volunteer fire department completed Firefighter I and II courses and testing. Mainland departments brought fire trucks and approximately 25–30 firefighters to the Island to provide coverage while the volunteers took their exams. A later community post reported that all passed the written and practical examinations and supplied a 19-person roster.
Evidence limits
This probable record is based on participant, community, and organizer-adjacent forum posts. The reported pass result and roster are not independently checked against certification records; exact mutual-aid staffing, credentials, and the linked television segment remain unverified.
Sources
- A participant reports that 25–30 mainland firefighters and fire trucks arrived to cover the island department while its volunteers took exams; the Chamber and community posts celebrate completion of the courses and testing. The thread does not list trainees, certification numbers, curriculum, or an official fire-department training record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001699
- A contemporaneous community post says the department received word that all participants passed the written and practical exams and gives a 19-person roster; the roster and pass report are preserved as forum evidence, not as a substitute for certification records.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001712
- A post links a television news segment about the department; the archived thread does not preserve the video content or independently establish what it showed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001714
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteer firefighters complete Firefighter I and II training, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-volunteer-firefighter-ffi-ffii-training-completion-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Historic Completion of FFI&II Training on Beaver Island," June 5–6, 2009. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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