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Council Information
Council Name
Citizen Corps of Grand Haven Michigan
Region Name
City of Grand Haven
Council Type
Local
Street Address
525 Washington Avenue
Street Address Cont.
City
Grand Haven
State
MI
Zip Code
49417
Phone Number
616-842-3460 Ext: 1153
Council's Email
ryonker@grandhaven.org
Status
Approved
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Council Description
The Department of Public Safety currently has a Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) consisting of nine (9) volunteers and four (4) volunteer reserve police officers. We intend to increase the number of volunteers in both programs as well as seek other citizen volunteers in our City to help our agency during the annual Coast Guard City USA Festival held the first week of August each year. This festival brings approximately 250,000 visitors to our town of less than 11,000 residents. The presence of numerous Coast Guard personnel, up to, and often including the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, presents a risk for our community. Additional volunteers will be helpful for this event alone. The City of Grand Haven lies on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and we often receive strong and dangerous weather patterns because of the Lake. In fact, in 1998, our City experienced straight line winds that caused great damage to our City infrastructure, trees blocking roads in approximately 25% of our community, and a week long power outage. Certainly, trained volunteer citizens could have helped Public Safety personnel during this very serious event.
Council's Point Of Contact
First Name
Rick
Middle Initial
E
Last Name
Yonker
Title
Captain/Emergency Management Coordinator
Street Address
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety
Street Address Cont.
525 Washington Avenue
City
Grand Haven
State
MI
Zip Code
49417
Phone Number
616-842-3460 Ext: 1153
Fax
616-847-6050
Email / User Name
ryonker@grandhaven.org
Status
Active
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49417 (Grand Haven)
Department of Homeland Security