Fire district responses up slightly in May
John Wayne
The latest information was just released about the workings of the Lehigh Acres Fire and Rescue District’s emergency operation division for May of this year.
Fire Chief John Wayne said the department responded to some 1,071 incidents as compared to 1,020 incident responses from April of 2015. He said this is an increase in responses over the previous month of around 5 percent.
During May, the 1,071 dispatched responses increased approximately 19.26 percent for the same reporting prior of 2014, which was 898.
He said the department’s Engine 102 remains the business truck/engine with 359 incidents company responding to approximately 33 percent of the district’s emergencies.
There were a total of five structure fires for May. The estimated value to these structures prior to the fire was $542,775, Wayne said. The approximated loss to these structures is estimated at $39,150 with an estimated save value of $503,625.
Wayne said the fire district responded to 44 reports of brush and grass fires in May in which there were 31 responses. The May 2015 brush fires damaged around 724.22 acres.
As far as patient contacts, Wayne noted there were 694 EMS contacts for May. He said this was a 1 percent decrease from the previous month of 701. The amount of patient contacts increased 5.31 percent from May of 2014 with 659.
As far as transports, he said there were 563 for May. This was a 2.7 percent decrease from the month before with 578. The amount of transports increased 13.28 percent from May of 2014 with 497 that month. The June report will be released later this month.
Fire district responses up slightly in May
John Wayne
The latest information was just released about the workings of the Lehigh Acres Fire and Rescue District’s emergency operation division for May of this year.
Fire Chief John Wayne said the department responded to some 1,071 incidents as compared to 1,020 incident responses from April of 2015. He said this is an increase in responses over the previous month of around 5 percent.
During May, the 1,071 dispatched responses increased approximately 19.26 percent for the same reporting prior of 2014, which was 898.
He said the department’s Engine 102 remains the business truck/engine with 359 incidents company responding to approximately 33 percent of the district’s emergencies.
There were a total of five structure fires for May. The estimated value to these structures prior to the fire was $542,775, Wayne said. The approximated loss to these structures is estimated at $39,150 with an estimated save value of $503,625.
Wayne said the fire district responded to 44 reports of brush and grass fires in May in which there were 31 responses. The May 2015 brush fires damaged around 724.22 acres.
As far as patient contacts, Wayne noted there were 694 EMS contacts for May. He said this was a 1 percent decrease from the previous month of 701. The amount of patient contacts increased 5.31 percent from May of 2014 with 659.
As far as transports, he said there were 563 for May. This was a 2.7 percent decrease from the month before with 578. The amount of transports increased 13.28 percent from May of 2014 with 497 that month. The June report will be released later this month.
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