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 ====== 2024 Year in Review ======
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+===== Traditional Push-in Hails Arrival of New Tanker =====
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+South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) celebrated the arrival of a freshly manufactured tanker truck with a century-old tradition during the department's annual Fire Safety Fun Night on Oct. 10.
+The evening's activities began with a traditional push-in ceremony where new equipment is gently pushed into a fire station bay without the benefit of the engine. It's a tradition that dates back to the 17th century when hand-drawn fire engines, ladder wagons, hose carts, and other apparatus had to be pushed back into the station by hand after every call. The horse-drawn steam engines that followed in the 18th century could be backed-up. However, having to control the horses made it difficult to align the engine. For this reason, the horses were typically disconnected and the engine was again pushed back into the station by hand. When the first motorized fire engine was put into service in the early 19th century, firefighters continued to honor the push-in tradition, which grew to mark each new purchase of fire apparatus.
+The new SHAES tanker, unit 2236, replaces a 26-year-old tanker. It was built by South Haven-based Spencer Manufacturing  which also constructed the 1998 model it is replacing. The single-axle tanker truck will be able to access areas that the department’s larger tandem-axle tankers may not. It has a 2,000 gallon tank and 1,500 GPM pump. In the coming weeks SHAES personnel will be training on the new tanker and equipping it before it goes into service.
+Unique to SHAES equipment is a depiction on each vehicle of the 1940s Looney Tunes cartoon character, Yosemite Sam. It is a tradition that started with the founding of the department more than a quarter of a century ago. It started when the former South Haven and Casco fire departments were joined to created the SHAES Authority. Randy Van Wynen, the SHAES chief at the time, and colleagues Keith Bierhalter and Tony Marsala selected Yosemite Sam. The department secured permission from Warner Brothers to display him for non-commercial purposes. Paul Russell from Spencer Manufacturing has been instrumental in creating the caricatures. Each Yosemite Sam depicts the purpose of the truck. Tankers show him with buckets of water. On the engines he is wielding a hose and axe. Shovel and axe are in his hands on grass rigs. Sam holds the Jaws-of-Life extrication tool and a haligan tool on the Rescue truck. The department is also continuing the tradition of placing a large mural featuring an eagle and the American flag on a side of the truck.
 ===== Familiar Character Featured on New Tanker  =====

South Haven Area Emergency Services Authority

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