(Beaver Dam) The Beaver Dam Fire Department is urging the public to be cautious when traversing any frozen waterbody. Throughout the weekend, the agency responded to three different incidents related to vehicles going through the ice on Beaver Dam Lake. Beaver Dam Fire Chief Michael Wesle says that no ice is safe.
“Beaver Dam Lake especially, you get in the area here, and it’s not uncommon to have ice where you can drive a vehicle on not too far away from either open water or thin ice,” says Wesle “So, if you actually go through our Facebook page] ever if you [are] ever interested, we do have a chart, you know, a little, that will [you] when you should be on the ice, what you can do on the ice.”
Wesle notes that Beaver Dam Lake has a long history or poor ice conditions in many areas with springs that create unsafe areas throughout the winter season. He adds that these areas can regularly change throughout the winter.
The department is asking the public to avoid traveling on the Beaver Dam Lake and that they will continue to update with information about changing conditions as it is obtained.
