WILDWOOD – The Wildwood City Fire Department released its August 2021 statistics.
According to a release issued by the fire department, members of the Wildwood Fire Department responded to 672 fire and emergency medical-related incidents for the month of August 2021. Members of the department also conducted 465 fire safety inspections for the month.
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) – 10
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues) – 146
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by) – 29
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists) – 9
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident) – 19
False Alarm & False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional alarms) – 43
Total Engine Company Responses – 256
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins – 31
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension – 8
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults – 61
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain – 111
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea – 18
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status – 55
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination – 10
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.) – 122
Total Emergency Medical Service Responses – 416
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