WILDWOOD – Members of the Wildwood Fire Department responded to 599 fire and emergency medical related incidents for the month of July 2018. Members of the department also conducted 590 fire safety inspections for the month.
According to Wildwood Fire Chief Daniel Speigel, statistics for the month were as follows:
Squad Company 3 responded to the following incidents:
Fires (including building fires, cooking fires, rubbish fires, vehicle fires) 17
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues) 92
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by) 39
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists) 11
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident) 23
False Alarm & False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional) 53
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins 42
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension 18
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults 61
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain 59
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea 14
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status 47
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination 12
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.) 111
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