Happy Birthday SHAES!
South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) marks a quarter-of-a-century serving the community on January 1st. To mark the occasion, a handcrafted large-scale replica of the SHAES logo was recently presented to the department for placement in the Blue Star Station.
Retired Chief Randy Van Wynen (pictured left) crafted the wooden logo featuring South Haven’s distinctive lighthouse with a lighted lamp room. He is pictured with Chief Brandon Hinz.
Van Wynen was chief during the transition from separate South Haven and Casco fire departments into the area authority that now provides the City of South Haven and townships of Casco, Geneva and South Haven with fire and emergency medical services from three stations. The SHAES was created on January 1, 1996. SHAES is on target to set a record for responses in a calendar year. The record is 2,276 in 2016.
Read Moody of the Market story — https://www.moodyonthemarket.com/south-haven-area-emergency-services-marking-25th-anniversary-year-in-2021/