WILDWOOD - The Wildwood City Fire Department released its March 2021 statistics.
According to a release, members of the Wildwood City Fire Department responded to 229 fire and emergency medical-related incidents for the month of March 2021. Members of the department also conducted 350 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) - 6
Rescue/EMS (MVA’s, medical assists, elevator entrapments, water rescues) - 36
Hazardous Conditions (gas leaks, electrical hazards, aircraft stand-by) - 9
Service Calls (animal rescues, assist police department, public assists) - 10
Good Intent Calls (smoke scares, odor of smoke, investigations with no incident) - 10 False Alarm & False Calls (malfunctioning alarm systems, malicious alarms, unintentional alarms) - 21
Total Engine Company Responses - 92
Ambulance 3 responded to the following incidents:
Alcohol, drugs, overdose, toxins - 17
Cardiac, chest pains, hypotension, hypertension - 9
Bleeding, trauma, injuries, assaults - 12
Weakness, malaise, sickness, dizziness, pain - 40
Respiratory, shortness of breath, dyspnea - 8
Seizure, stroke, neurological, unconscious, syncopal episodes, diabetic, hypoglycemic, altered mental status - 9
Behavioral, depression, suicidal, anxiety, hallucination - 6
General (DOA, fever, dehydration, allergic reaction, OB/Gyn.) - 36
Total Emergency Medical Service Responses - 137
