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Local 1803 Donates to Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks
Monday, October 25th, 2021
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On Monday, October 25th, members from Local 1803 visited the offices of Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks. Local 1803 raised money this year through the sale of Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts....
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2021 Reading Fire Department Toy Drive
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
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Please consider purchasing 2021 Reading Fire Department Toy Drive apparel to help us get toys for local kids in need this Christmas. We appreciate you helping us in this great cause! Link posted below...
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Firefighter Gives 26 Years of Dedicated Service
Friday, October 1st, 2021
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Hired on February 1st of 1995, Judd Weber began his firefighting career on the C-Platoon where he was assigned as a jumper after graduating the fire academy. Firefighter Weber remained a jumper on C-s...
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RFD 2021 Recruit Class Graduates
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
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Congratulations to the 2021 recruit class on their graduation of the fire academy. The recruit class has finished 6 months of strenuous training led by Lieutenant Batz and now will be assigned to stre...
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3rd Floor Fire on West Windsor Street
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
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1808 Hours/ 349 W Windsor Street/ Box 0704/ D Platoon-Shortly after shift change, companies were dispatched for smoke and flames in the attic of a residence. Engine 7 arrived and reported a 3 story middle of row with nothing showing from the front.
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Fire Runs Through Storage Units
Friday, November 11th, 2022
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1146 Hours/ 1015 Rose Street/ Box 0703/ C PlatoonThe box was dispatched behind 1038 N 4th Street for reports of smoke and flames coming from storage units. Engine 7 arrived within 2 minutes and reported a large 1 story storage facility with smoke showing from several units.
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Rescue Using New Tower 1 on Mineral Spring Road
Saturday, November 5th, 2022
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17:29 hrs / Rear 1600 Block of Mineral Spring Road / B/C PlatoonsThe rescue assignment was dispatched to the location noted for a report of a citizen who had suffered an injury while working off a ladder on a rooftop.
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Fatal 2nd Alarm Fire on Schuylkill Ave
Saturday, October 29th, 2022
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03:31 Hrs/ 203 Schuylkill Ave/ Box 301/ C PlatoonThe box was transmitted after multiple calls were received for a house fire with entrapment at 203 Schuylkill Ave. With reports of multiple victims and people jumping from windows, 2 additional medic trucks were dispatched on top of the first alarm.
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