WILDWOOD – The Wildwood City Fire Department releases its August 2019 statistics:
Members of the Wildwood City Fire Department responded to 523 fire and emergency medical related incidents for August 2019.
Members of the department also conducted 528 Fire Safety Inspections for the month.
According to Wildwood Fire Chief Daniel F. Speigel, statistics for the month are as follows:
Squad Company 3 responded to the following incidents:
Fires (including building fires, cooking fires, rubbish fires, vehicle fires): 11
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues): 105
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by): 14
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists): 9
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident): 27
False Alarm and False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional): 44
Total Engine Company Responses: 210
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins: 24
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension: 13
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults: 50
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain: 75
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea: 14
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental
status: 46
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination: 11
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.): 80
Total Emergency Medical Service Responses: 313
