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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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Fire Alarm Activation Signals Working Fire
Monday, January 10th, 2022
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13:42 hrs / 701 Walnut Street / Box 0103 / C PlatoonThe automatic fire alarm sounded from the location noted - Reading Center Plus - a large, 4-story commercial furniture store of heavy timber construction.
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3rd Floor Fire in East Reading
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
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02:08 hrs / 521 South 18th Street / Box 0602 / C PlatoonThe box was transmitted for a report of smoke from the attic of the address noted. Engine 1 arrived reporting a 3-story duplex with smoke showing from the 3rd floor and declared a working fire.
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Morning shift change garage fire
Saturday, November 20th, 2021
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0745 hrs / 136 Greenwich Street / Box 0704 / B/D PlatoonsDuring the morning shift change, the box was transmitted for multiple calls of a house on fire at 136 Greenwich St. Berks County Communications advised Car 5 that they could see a column from the Courthouse cameras.
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Working Fire on West Elm Street
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
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21:25 hrs / 121 West Elm Street / Box 0301 / C PlatoonThe box was transmitted for a report of the living room in the home on fire at the address noted. Engine 3 arrived at a 3-story end-of-the-row dwelling with heavy fire from the 1st floor extending to the 2nd.
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