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Report from the Fire Company November 18-December 1

Report from the Fire Company November 18-December 1

Rich Cresson
SFPA

December 2-15

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 32 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence, for a variety of emergencies including cardiac, accident, syncopal episode, tachycardia, overdose, hemorrhaging, change in mental status, allergic reaction, and maternity.

The fire company responded to nine building alarms (mostly for smoke detector activation); four building alarms; two hazmat calls for gas odor; five car accidents, including two overturned vehicles; 14 mutual aid calls to Brookhaven, Morton-Rutledge, Nether Providence, Ridley Park, and Springfield; and one utility pole on fire in the 800 block of Yale Avenue in Swarthmore.

Information provided by Rich Cresson

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