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
May 3, 2021
First responders with South Haven Area Emergency Services have a new tool to help with water rescues. SHAES has purchased a specialized drone thanks to a $7,500 grant from Albemarle Foundation as Albermarle Corporation has a plant in South Haven. The drone is equipped with a payload delivery system that is capable of dropping carbon dioxide-charged, water activated flotation devices to swimmers struggling in the water. Operated from the shore, the operator is able to view through a camera the distressed swimmer. The drone is also equipped with an infrared camera that can be used to locate distressed swimmers in the dark. It is also capable of detecting heat signatures for search and rescue efforts in rural areas such as woods and cornfields. There were 23 incidents on Lake Michigan SHAES responded to last year, with three resulting in drownings.
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South Haven Area Emergency Services is following a decades-old tradition by placing the image of Yosemite Sam on its new heavy duty rescue truck. SHAES says the department settled on the Looney Tunes character as its mascot when it was first formed, and obtained permission from Warner Brothers to display him for non-commercial purposes. Since then, Yosemite Sam has been depicted on SHAES vehicles engaged in different activities that represent what the vehicle is used for. For example, tanker trucks show him carrying buckets of water. The new rescue truck shows Sam holding the Jaws-of-Life extrication tool. SHAES Chief Brandon Hinz says the decal is “a great tradition that brings smiles to not only the public, but our responders as they go about the serious business of protecting the community.”
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.