South Haven Area Emergency Services emphasizes beach safety through flags
South Haven Area Emergency Services
and last updated 2021-05-11 12:45:56-04
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. â South Haven Area Emergency Services will start its annual program of flying safety flags at city beaches for the summer months this Saturday.
This year â in the wake of an increase in water-related emergencies a year ago â SHAES and the City of South Haven are implementing initiatives to better inform the public before heading to the beach, especially on red flag days, a news release said Tuesday.
South Haven Area Emergency Services
The cityâs IT staff has developed a text messaging system that will send alerts to mobile phones when flags are flying red.
Drone will drop life preservers to struggling swimmers at South Haven beaches
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
A new drone for the South Haven Area Emergency Services will drop a life preserve to help swimmers struggling in Lake Michigan.
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SOUTH HAVEN – A new drone can help swimmers in danger of drowning.
The drone will drop a flotation device when a swimmer is struggling in Lake Michigan, according to a news release from South Haven Area Emergency Services.
The drone can be operated from shore by emergency responders. It will drop a CO2-charged, water activated flotation device to swimmers struggling in the water, the release said.
South Haven Area Emergency Services gets specialized drone for water rescues
South Haven Area Emergency Services
and last updated 2021-05-03 11:49:18-04
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. â South Haven Area Emergency Services will be able to better conduct water rescues thanks to a new specialized drone.
The purchase of the drone was made possible through a $7,500 grant from the Albermarle Foundation, which has a plant in South Haven, according to a news release Monday.
The drone is equipped with a payload delivery system capable of dropping CO2-charged, water activated flotation devices to swimmers struggling in the water.
South Haven Area Emergency Services
South Haven Area Emergency Services truck features Yosemite Sam depictions
South Haven Area Emergency Services
and last updated 2021-04-26 09:31:05-04
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. â An attention-getting depiction of a cartoon character now appears on South Haven Area Emergency Servicesâ new heavy duty rescue truck.
Yosemite Sam from the 1940s Looney Tunes cartoons can be seen on the truck, continuing a tradition that started with the founding of the department a quarter of a century ago, according to a news release Monday.
The tradition began when the SHAES Authority was created from what had been the South Haven and Casco fire departments.
Multiple fire departments respond to blaze at Allegan County dairy farm
South Haven Area Emergency Services
and last updated 2021-03-11 11:27:32-05
GANGES TOWNSHIP, Mich. â South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to a fire Thursday morning at a dairy farm.
It happened at the waste disposal tanks at the Scenic View Dairy at 1501 62
nd Street in Ganges Township of Allegan County, a news release said.
The Ganges Township Fire Department was dispatched just before 6 a.m. and immediately requested mutual aid from area departments.
South Haven Area Emergency Services responded with its 93-foot Ladder Tower truck, which was able to control the fire from above with water from the lineup of tankers.