WILDWOOD – The Wildwood City Fire Department released its March 2020 statistics:
Members of the Wildwood City Fire Department responded to 204 fire and emergency medical related incidents for March 2020.
Members of the department also conducted 211 Fire Safety Inspections for the month.
According to Wildwood Acting Fire Chief Ernie Troiano III, 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): 4
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues): 33
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by): 8
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists): 5
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident): 6
False Alarm and False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional): 26
Total Engine Company Responses: 82
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: 40
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea: 10
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status: 16
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination: 10
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.): 21
Total Emergency Medical Service Responses: 122
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