WILDWOOD – The Wildwood City Fire Department released its October 2018 statistics:
Members of the Wildwood City Fire Department responded to 238 fire and emergency medical related incidents for the month of October, 2018.
Members of the department also conducted 355Fire Safety Inspections for the month.
According to Wildwood Fire Chief Daniel F Speigel, statistics for the month are as follows:
SquadCompany 3 responded to the following incidents:
Fires (including building fires, cooking fires, rubbish fires, vehicle fires) 5
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues) 30
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by) 19
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists) 12
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident) 12
False Alarm and& False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional) 22
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins 7
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension 6
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults 10
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain 35
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea 9
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status 11
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination 2
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.) 58
