The Wildwood City Fire Department releases their April, 2020 statistics:
Members of the Wildwood City Fire Department responded to 243 fire and emergency medical related incidents for the month of April, 2020.
The 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)
7
Rescue/EMS
(MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues)
13
Hazardous Conditions
(gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by)
43
Service Calls
(animal rescues, assist police department, public assists)
36
Good Intent Calls
(smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident)
16
False Alarm & False Calls
(malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional alarms)
30
Total Engine Company Responses
145
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins
10
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension
5
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults
10
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain
27
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea
5
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status
3
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination
12
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.)
26
Total Emergency Medical Service Responses
98
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