Falls, Crashes Top List of Emergency Responses in June

East Lake Firefighters responded to emergency calls about "falls" more than anything else during the month of June, according to the fire department's Emergency Incident Summary.

Firefighters responded to 202 calls in June. The average emergency response time for the calls was 4 minutes and 45 seconds.

Here's a breakdown of the types of emergencies that firefighters responded to in June, 2013-

• Falls: 32

• Traffic Incident: 22

• Sick Person: 15

• Chest Pains: 12

• Fire Alarm: 11

• Breathing Problems: 10

• Structure Fire: 9

• Unconscious Person: 9

• Medical Alarm: 8

• Stroke: 7

• Seizure: 6

• Walk-In: 4

• Back Pain: 4

• Abdominal Pain: 4

• Hemorrhage: 4

• Electrical Hazard: 3

• Unknown Problem: 3

• Person Down: 3

• Diabetic Problems: 3

• Overdose: 3

• Citizen Assist: 3

• Outside Fire: 3

• Burn: 2

• Assault: 2

• Allergic Reaction: 2

• Heart Problems: 2

• Unconfirmed Structure Fire: 2

• Brush Fire: 1

• Vehicle Fire: 1

• Moveup to Cover: 1

• Hemorrhage: 1

• Headache: 1

• Suicide: 1

• Choking: 1

• Lightning Strike (investigate): 1

• Possible Death: 1

• Odor Investigate (strange/unknown): 1

• Water Rescue: 1

• Trauma Alert (medic intuition): 1

If you're curious about what some of the terms mean that are listed above, here are some explanations-

"Move up to Cover" means local fire districts have a mutual aid agreement in which crews either help cover another local fire agency's area or another local fire agency helps cover an area within East Lake Fire Rescue's district, when ELFR crews are busy responding to another call.

"Trauma Alert (medic intuition)" means that patients usually have to meet a certain number of medical criteria before they are transported to a trauma center. Sometimes a patient only does not meet all of the medical criteria, but the paramedic in his/her professional opinion thinks the patient should be transported to a trauma center because of the patient's medical condition.

Related-

• East Lake Fire Rescue Launches New Website 

• East Lake Fire Rescue Releases Annual Report 

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