Crime & Safety
Fire Log: 1 Alarm Fire And 62 Calls For Service.
A list of the calls the Wakefield Fire Department responded to from June 27 to July 4, 2011.
Fire incidents by the numbers:
Monday, June 27 – Monday, July 4:
Total calls for service:62
EMS calls, excluding accidents - 38
Responded to motor vehicle accidents – 1
Mutual Aid - 2
System malfunction - 8
Accidental alarm - 2
C-O detector - 1
Elevator call - 0
Odor of gas - 2
Lock out -1
Arcing electric - 0
Water problem - 2
Fire Incidents:
On June 28th at 2:46 p.m., Wakefield Fire responded to 58 Plymouth Road for a 1-alarm fire in a single-family home. The fire started in the bathroom, where a bathroom fan malfuctioned and burst into flames. Three Wakefield engines responded under the direction of Fire Chief Michael Sullivan. "The homeowner had already extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher, but we checked for extenstion in the attic and did find some," Sullivan said. "There was very little damage to the home."
