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 ====== 2021 Year in Review ======
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 Coverage by Moody on the Market -- https://www.moodyonthemarket.com/matt-dey-named-firefighter-of-the-year-at-south-haven/
+===== Lifesaving Awards Presented by SHAES =====
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+Two emergency responders whose lifesaving efforts were credited with rescuing the driver from a burning vehicle were honored by the South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) on Wednesday night (July 7).
+Presented the department's Lifesaving Award were SHAES paid-on-call Firefighter/EMT Paramedic Johanna Quinn and Allegan County Sheriff Deputy Jacob Gage.
+The two responded on June 18 to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of 109th Avenue and 66th Street in Casco Township. One of the drivers was trapped in a vehicle as it caught fire.
+Deputy Gage, a sheriff deputy for less than a year, was in the area and the first emergency responder to arrive on the scene. He tried to control the fire with an extinguisher and began the rescue of the trapped driver as the vehicle burned. Quinn, a SHAES responder for seven years, drove to the scene from her home. Together, the two were able to extricate the driver who was taken to a hospital for treatment.
+"Quinn and Gage put themselves at risk, overcoming the smoke, heat and inherent danger to remove the patient from the burning vehicle and then rendered first aid until SHAES units arrived," said SHAES Chief Brandon Hinz.
+===== Community Supports SHAES Water Rescue Initiatives=====
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+//Pictured: Steve Gage, Chief Lending Officer and President of the Western Market for Sturgis Bank & Trust Company; SHAES Chief Brandon Hinz;  Stephanie Timmer, Senior Vice President of the Western Market, for Sturgis Bank & Trust Company.//
+The generosity of the community is allowing South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) to add to its toolbox of water rescue devices.
+A department fundraiser and contributions from the community has allowed the department to purchase an underwater sonar search device for its dive team, according to SHAES executive director Brandon Hinz.
+The department's staff recently sponsored a drive-thru pancake breakfast that netted just over $3,000 toward the purchase. The Sturgis Bank and Trust Company and its employees donated $1,000 and the fundraising initiative went over the top with a generous contribution from Don and Carole Hodgman of South Haven.
+The Sturgis gift came in a unique way. Each month the bank hosts a "Jean Day". All of the employees at its branches are encouraged to participate. The branch banks choose a beneficiary. This month the employees at the South Haven branches selected SHAES. The bank matched the employee's contribution.
+In addition to acquiring the sonar device, SHAES is able to purchase custom-fit life jackets for its fulltime staff. In the past the responders used jackets that are kept in the apparatus. Now the jackets will be worn by responding on-duty staff in an effort to reduce the time needed to facilitate the start of a rescue. The department is also improving its accountability system at water rescue scenes, according to Hinz.
+SHAES earlier this summer expanded its drone capabilities for water-rescue and other emergency scenes. A year ago the department equipped its paid-on-call staff with life jackets and throw-devices to be carried in the responder's personal vehicles. The department also recently increased the size of its dive team staff.
+SHAES is supporting a City of South Haven initiative aimed at better communication with the public regarding city beach conditions through a texting system. The public can sign up to receive text messages thru BEACHES at 888777. More than 1,000 people have signed up for this free service.
+In cooperation with organizations and businesses such as Bronson-Safe Kids, the South Haven Visitors Bureau and Apple Insurance of South Haven, the department continues to support messaging efforts about water safety.
+===== The Importance of Inspections and Pre-Plans =====
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+South Haven Area Emergency Services was dispatched recently to one of our local hotels for an early morning Carbon Monoxide alarm.  Upon arrival it was noted there was a concentration of 10PPM CO in the hallway which had increased as personnel made their way further into the building.  SHAES members asked hotel employees to initiate the evacuation process and exit the building as fire personnel donned self-contained breathing apparatus, furthering their investigation and continuing evacuation efforts.
+FD personnel found the greatest concentration of CO in a mechanical room, 150PPM.  It was determined that an exhaust pipe from a natural gas fired hot water heater had detached and was exhausting all combustion by-products into the mechanical room.  Adjacent rooms were reading 40-50 PPM CO.  Sustained exposure to CO at 150PPM will cause disorientation, unconsciousness and possible death.
+All residents and staff were evacuated from the hotel.  FD personnel mitigated all hazards, ventilated the entire building, checked all the rooms for residual CO and allowed residents and staff to re-enter the building.
+SHAES has added 2 inspector positions over the past 4-5 years to assist the Deputy Chief with fire code inspections, pre-plans and short-term rental inspection responsibilities.  For instance, 2021 to date, our inspection program has completed 147 commercial building pre-plans, 86 fire code inspections and 326 short term rental inspections.  This program has proven to be very fruitful and imperative for the safety of our residents and visitors.  This also helps in familiarizing our SHAES team with the layouts of our many businesses and challenges that may arise if called upon to respond.  Pre-plans are uploaded to I-pads which are located in all our first line apparatus arriving to an emergency scene.
+This incident is a very good example of the importance of fire code inspections.  Smoke alarms, CO alarms, exit signs are all on a long list of items to be inspected in a commercial building.  Our inspectors verify that these are present and operating.  The hotel referenced above, for instance, was just inspected in early June 2021.  If CO alarms were not present or not operating properly this incident could have surely proven fatal.
+We commend our inspection team: Dep. Chief Keith Bierhalter, Asst. Inspector Steven Cavadas and Asst. Inspector Rex Haner and our on-duty staff and paid on call members that handled the situation with professionalism and expertise: Capt. Ronald Ridley, FF/Paramedic Dawn Hinz, FF/Paramedic Zachary Kenreich, Lt. Brian Horan and FF Matthew Dey.
+===== V.F.W. Donation Supports Initiative =====
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+Thank you V.F.W. Post 667 of South Haven for your generous donation of $3,976.53 which were the proceeds from your recent First Responder Appreciation Dinner. This donation will go towards the purchase of a manikin patient simulator which will provide advanced life saving training skills for our responders. Our recent Drive-thru Pancake Breakfast raised another $4,000. We are now over halfway towards our goal to raise $13,000 for the purchase of this vital training tool.
+===== Drive-thru Pancake Breakfast a Success =====
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+The SHAES Drive-thru Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 5 was a huge success. We "served" 452 breakfasts. The proceeds, which totaled $4,000, will help SHAES purchase a new EMS advanced training life support manikin.
-===== Other Years =====
+===== PAST YEARS =====
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