Merrill Fire Department reports

April 30
Calls: #659- At 3:12 a.m. Med 62 responded to Hwy. 17 for a 63 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #660- At 8:13 a.m. Med 61 responded to S. Center Ave. for a 63 year old male with a respiratory problem, transported to AWH; #661- At 8:23 a.m. Med 62 responded to Hwy. 107 for an 81 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #662- At 9:31 a.m. Med 62 responded to E. 8th St. for a 90 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #663- At 9:02 p.m. Med 62 responded to E. 3rd St. for a 52 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH.
Other activities: Training on wet line deployment for wildland fires; incident priorities for on scene command; bi-annual fire safety inspections of area businesses.

May 1
Calls: #664- At 1:16 a.m. Med 62 responded to Hillside Dr. for a 79 year old male with a cardiac problem, transported to AGSH; #665- At 9:54 a.m. Med 62 responded to Joe Snow Rd. for a 63 year old male for lifting assist, no transport; #666- At 1:15 p.m. Med 61 responded to 6th St. for a 74 year old male, Community Paramedic visit; #667- At 2:09 p.m. Med 62 responded to Hwy. 64 for a 28 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #668- At 7:30 p.m. MFD responded to Tug Lake Rd. & Cty. JJ for a report of a large area of woods on fire, several agencies could not find any signs of fire, Lincoln dispatch relayed that call was false.
Other activities: Blood pressure checks at Jenny Towers.

May 2
Calls: #669- At 7:59 a.m. Med 62 responded to S. Center Ave. for an 88 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #670- At 10:51 a.m. Med 62 responded to E. 6th St. for a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #671- At 12:35 p.m. Med 62 responded to AGSH for an 88 year old male with a medical transport to S. Center Ave.; #672- At 1:17 p.m. Med 61 responded to Chase Hill Dr. for a Community Paramedic visit; #673- At 9:29 p.m. Med 62 responded to Cotter Ave. for a 16 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #674- At 10:25 p.m. Med 62 responded to O’Day St. for an 83 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH.
Other activities: Semi-annual fire prevention inspections.

May 3
Calls: #676- At 1:47 a.m. Med 62 responded to 1st St., Irma, for a 53 year old male with a cardiac problem, transported to AGSH; #677- At 4:23 a.m. MFD responded to Keyes St. for a water flow alarm, found water leaking from a riser, owner arrived on scene and shut down riser; #678- At 7:44 a.m. Med 62 responded to 6th St. for a 73 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #679- At 10:42 a.m. Med 62 responded to O’Day St. for a 95 year old male with a respiratory problem; #680- At 12:22 p.m. Med 62 responded to 6th St. for a 73 year old male with a medical problem; #681- at 3:05 p.m. Med 62 responded to 1st St. for a 66 year old female with a respiratory problem, transported to AGSH; #682- At 5:32 p.m. Med 62 responded to 6th St. for an 85 year old female with a medical problem, transported to ASCH; #683- At 11:14 p.m. Med 62 responded to Main St. for a 43 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH.
Other activities: Truck 63 stood by at Cty. G overpass in honor of funeral procession of Greg Rosenthal; conducted semi-annual fire safety inspections of area businesses; NTC Academy came to station for lunch & station tour.

May 4
Calls: #684- At 7:03 a.m. MFD responded to S. State St. for a utility pole on fire, controlled traffic with MPD until WPS arrived, scene handed over to WPS when fire was out to repair the pole; #685- At 7:14 a.m. Med 61 responded to AGSH for a 22 year old female with a medical problem, transported to ASCH; #686- at 9:28 a.m. Med 62 responded to Grand Ave. for an 80 year old male with an illness, transported to AGSH; #687- at 10:01 a.m. Med 63 responded to South End Rd. for an 82 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #688- At 11:28 a.m. Med 62 responded to S. Pine Ridge Ave. for a 4 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #689- At 2:09 p.m. Med 61 responded to AGSH for an 82 year old male with a medical problem, transported to ASCH; #690- At 3:17 p.m. Med 62 responded to W. Main St. for a 72 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #691- At 5:17 p.m. Med 62 responded to Lincoln St. for a 90 year old female with a fall, transported to ASHH; #692- At 6:55 p.m. Med 63 responded to AGSH for an 80 year old male with a fall, transported to ASCH; #693- At 8:33 p.m. Med 62 responded to S. Foster St. for a 44 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AWH; #694- At 9:57 p.m. Med 61, 62 & 63 responded to Hwy. 107 for three 10 year old males with illness, two transported to AGSH and the third transported to AWH.
Other activities: Attended Law Day at PRMS; bi-annual fire prevention inspections of area businesses.

May 5
Calls: #695- At 11:39 a.m. Med 62 responded to N. Sales St. for a 68 year old male with an illness, transported to AGSH; #696- at 1:30 p.m. Med 62 responded to Center Rd. for a 64 year old male with a fall, no transport; #697- At 6:59 p.m. Med 62 responded to E. 7th St. for an 80 year old female with weakness, transported to AGSH; #698- At 9 p.m. Med 62 responded to AGSH for a 65 year old male with a cardiac problem, transported to ASCH.
Other activities: Airbag review & training along with cribbing; advancing hose line in a wildland situation; pumping with brush truck.

May 6
Calls: #699- At 10:09 a.m. Med 62 responded, no transport; #700- At 11:15 a.m. Med 62 responded to E. 4th St. for a 61 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; 3701- At 11:25 a.m. Med 63 responded to Sturdevant St. for an 85 year old female with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #702- At 12 p.m. Med 62 responded, no transport; #703- At 5:10 p.m. Med 62 responded to Wisconsin St. for a 78 year old male with a trauma, transported to AGSH; #704- At 7:27 p.m. Med 62 responded to O’Day St. for a 90 year old male with a medical problem, transported to AGSH; #705- At 10:59 p.m. Med 62 responded to Cotter Ave. for a 59 year old male for lift assistance, no transport.
Other activities: Reloaded hose reel on Brush 66 with new wildland hose.

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