ISLAND SHERIFF, FIRE AND EMS: BGFD calls from June include some fainting, some falling
It was a pretty quiet Fourth of July on the island for the Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS. Just a few calls came in and most of them were easily solved.
On Tuesday, July 4 at 10:05 p.m. firefighters and EMTs responded a call in the 5000 block of Gasparilla Road for a man who had vomited, then fell face first into shallow water. In the end, he was not transported.
On Sunday, July 2 at 10:55 p.m. firefighters received a call of jet skiers in distress. The caller stated they had not had contact with the two people aboard the jet skis since they were told the pair had run aground.
In the end our department did not have to respond, as another agency did.
On Sunday, July 2 at 4:07 p.m. firefighters and EMTs responded to Banyan Street to a call of a young woman who had fainted or passed out, and who was not in good shape. In the end, no transport was needed for the patient.
On Sunday, July 2 at 12:42 a.m. firefighters and EMTs responded to the 1300 block of 13th Street where a young female had fallen off a golf cart and was bleeding from the ear. In the end they just took her home, there was no transport.
On Thursday, June 29 at 3:47 p.m. EMTs responded to the 800 block of Belcher Road for an elderly male who was suffering from heat exposure, from being left in a car. It is unknown if they were transported.
On Wednesday, June 28 at 10:55 a.m. EMTs responded to a call in the 500 block of Palm Avenue for a person who had fallen. It is unknown if they were transported.
