WILDWOOD – Members of the Wildwood Fire Department responded to 278 fire- and medical-related incidents for the month of January 2018. Members of the department also conducted 371 fire safety inspections for the month.
According to Fire Chief Daniel 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): 4
Rescue/EMS (MVAs, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues): 43
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by): 21
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists): 40
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident): 7
False Alarm and False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional): 37
Ambulance 3 responded to the following 126 incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins: 10
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension: 15
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults: 14
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain: 41
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea: 13
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic: 9
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination: 8
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.): 16
