February 28, 2021
South Haven Area Emergency Services is launching a cadet program to introduce participants to the firefighting and emergency medical service professions. Director Brandon Hinz tells WSJM News they’re excited to be able to offer the learning opportunity to people in the area. Anyone 16 years of age and up will be welcomed.
“They can come along, learn how we operate, learn our equipment, learn our area,” Hinz said. “One of the best things about it is once you get on the department and get trained, South Haven Area Emergency Services will pay for any education to further that person. So you can pretty much work yourself into a full time job.”
South Haven Area Emergency Services is launching a cadet program to introduce participants to the firefighting and emergency medical service professions.
South Haven Area Emergency Services launches cadet program
South Haven Area Emergency Services
and last updated 2021-02-24 21:24:13-05
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. â South Haven Area Emergency Services is launching a cadet program in the coming months that will introduce participants to the firefighting and emergency medical service professions, according to a news release Wednesday.
Cadet prospects will attend training, respond to emergency calls as an observer and help at events and fundraisers.
South Haven Area Emergency Services
Beginning in September, South Haven Area Emergency Services will sponsor cadets for the state certifications required to become a firefighter.
âWe are excited about this new opportunity to serve the young people in our community,â SHAES Executive Director Brandon Hinz said. âAnd who doesnât want to be a firefighter.really?!â
February 1, 2021
South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to a record number of calls during 2020 according to the department’s Annual Report. They were called out 2,358 times last year compared to 2,171 in 2019 and the old record was 2,276 in 2016. Executive director Brandon Hinz says there was a “significant increase” in medical related calls as those were 1,730 compared to 1,470 in 2019. Fire alarms, however, dropped to 628 from 701. Property losses from fire totaled $422,600, a significant decline from the $1,872,463 reported in 2019. There were no civilian fire-related injuries or deaths in 2020. The department was again busy in the area of water-related incidents on Lake Michigan and in the Black River. There were three drownings and 10 water related rescues. SHAES, which marks its 25th year in 2021, is comprised of 15 fulltime staff and 32 paid-on-call firefighters protecting 121 square miles.
January 23, 2021
South Haven Area Emergency Services has put its commitment to public safety into art with some new murals. SHAES says two of its fire trucks and the apparatus room at station 3 now have the murals painted on them. The art work shows a bald eagle swopping into the scene of a fire clutching a fire axe and a fire hose. The original mural was created by retired deputy chief Tony Marsala and current deputy chief Keith Bierhalter. The three painted on SHAES property were made possible through memorial donations in honor of deceased firefighters. The murals were adapted for placement on the trucks by Anchor Signs of Benton Harbor.