Community Foundation Grant Spearheads Fund Drive

We grateful to the Greater South Haven Area Community Foundation for their grant of $10,000 to start a fund raising drive to purchase new battery-powered extrication tools to replace the department’s 27-year old hydraulic extrication tools.

SHAES needs to raise $30,000 to purchase this set of tools. Firefighter/Paramedic Paul Gant is pictured with Foundation representatives Janice Varney and Jim Marcoux during a presentation to recipients of grants. The extrication tools are used primarily at vehicle accidents when occupants are trapped inside.