| Early Morning Pin On Da "C" |
| Sun. Nov 16th 2008 |
Early Sunday morning accident tones awoke "C" platoon companies for a wreck in the 400 block of Lancaster Ave at 0010 hrs. During the response, a police unit advised there were 3 people injured with the driver entrapped. Engine 14 arrived with a single vehicle into the base of a utility&nb...
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| More Garages |
| Wed. Nov 12th 2008 |
Off-duty Firefighter James Stoudt Jr. was returning from an errand when he noticed a sizable column of smoke from 9th & Franklin Streets. Continuing further, he found 2 - 2 story garages burning in the 100 blk of Maitland Street. (In reference, Maitland runs between south 12th and Wunder streets...
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| Attempted Garage Fires |
| Sun. Nov 9th 2008 |
B platoon companies monitoring the city-wide help channel were alerted to an RPD unit reporting smoke from a garage in the 100 blk of south 12th Street. Box 25 was tapped at 2326, bringing companies into the area. First arriving Engine 13 found a small fire at a garage door directly on 12th street, ...
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| Southeast Job for "A" platoon |
| Fri. Nov 7th 2008 |
Communications began to receive multiple phone calls before 1500 hrs reporting a fire on Miller street in southeast Reading. Box 213 was tapped, and an address of 321 Miller street was confirmed. Car 1, responding from City Hall, radioed he had smoke showing from Perkiomen & Fran...
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| Morning Worker For "B" Platoon |
| Tue. Nov 4th 2008 |
While most of B platoon was in transition from the annual United-Way presentation, Box 28 was transmitted after a roving patrol car discovered smoke in the 300 block of Spring Garden Street. Initial dispatch information reported a small child was not accounted for. Car 7 responding close by radioed ...
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| Car into House for "D" |
| Mon. Oct 20th 2008 |
Around 1300 hours communications dispatched a rescue assignment to 5th & Pike streets on the city's north side. Engine 11 arrived with a single vehicle into a building on the north east corner of the intersection. An additional ambulance was requested when a second patient was found in the car. ...
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| 3 story with store-front for the "B" |
| Sat. Oct 18th 2008 |
Early this morning communications dispatched a 1 & 1 to investigate a possible malicious phone call in the area of 8th and Muhlenberg streets. Seconds later, dispatcher Wertz dropped Box 28 for multiple calls received for a building at 341 south 8th street. The assignment arrived almost simultan...
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| Water condition at Apartment Complex |
| Fri. Oct 17th 2008 |
Engine 3, Ladder 1 and Car 6 responded to an Automatic Fire Alarm at the Bakery Apartments, 120 So. 3rd Street at 13:18 this afternoon. Upon arrival, Car 6 was met at the door by a resident who reported a water condition caused by the sprinkler system on the third floor.
Firefighters entered the ap...
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| Mid-Day Garage For C-Platoon |
| Thu. Oct 16th 2008 |
Box 63 was tapped this afternoon for a reported garage fire in the area of 10th & Douglass. First-due Engine 9 reported heavy smoke on the approach. Companies found a 1 story MOR garage, with heavy fire showing threatening multiple exposures. A single line was stretched to knock down the fire an...
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| Partial Ejection in One Vehicle MVA |
| Fri. Oct 10th 2008 |
At approximately 2345 hrs, E-11, R-1, M-2 and C-6 were dispatched to Schuylkill Ave and Lehigh Street for an MVA with injuries. West Reading PD came across the accident and were reporting at least one class 5. M-4 was then also dispatched.
Responding crews found a an SUV with major ...
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With a temporary
occupancy certificate
issued, the fire
marshal's office has
begun to take the
companies through the
building...
The department recently
began to certify all
members to NFPA 472
Hazardous Material
Operations Level. The
training will conti...
Every year the Reading
Firefighters in
cooperation with the fire
department auctions off a
birthday party to be held
at a cit...
