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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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Live audio moved to Broadcastify
Friday, May 10th, 2019
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If you have listened to us in the past through our live audio link you may have noticed that we have experienced frequent outages. We're happy to report our new live audio link through Broadcastify.com.
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April Personnel Assignments
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
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Personnel Assignments for the month of AprilORDER#NAMEPOSITIONNEW POSITIONEFFECTIVE2019-18John DundoreTower 1 FF "D"Engine 5 FF "B"4.18.20192019-21Lucas DePledgeLadder 1 Tiller "B"Tower 1 FF "D"4.28.2019
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Robert Himes
Friday, April 19th, 2019
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Congratulations to Robert Himes on years of service to the City of Reading.Bobby began his career on April 18th of 1994. After completing fire training Himes was assigned to the "D" platoon as a jumper firefighter.
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John Seyfert
Friday, April 19th, 2019
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Congratulations to John Seyfert on his retirement after years of combined service to the City of Reading. Seyfert got his start joining the Marion Fire Company in 1979 John was hired on April 4th of 1994.
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March Personnel Assignments
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
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March Personnel AssignmentsORDER #NAMEPOSITIONNEW POSITIONEFFECTIVE2019-13Terry RoyceEngine 7 FF “B”Engine 7 DR “B”March 17th2019-16Lucas BakerEngine 5 FF “B”Engine 7 FF “B”April 10thPromotionsORDER #NAMEPOSITIONNEW POSITIONEFFECTIVE2019-15Craig Sweige...
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2018 Department Statistics
Monday, March 4th, 2019
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Response statistics for 2018AMBULANCESMedic 14,860Medic 24,827Medic 34,831Medic 44,838 LADDERS & RESCUE COMPANYLadder 11,648Ladder 31,261Tower 11,690Rescue 11,348 ENGINE COMPANYSEngine 13,625Engine 32,492Engine 51,458Engine 71,824Engine 91,724 TOTAL FD RUNS10,974TOTAL EMS RUNS20,436MISSED EMS 89...
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Personnel Assignments
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
The following assignment is per Personnel Directive 2019-11Joseph DeCisco, Engine 7 Driver "B" - Engine 7 Driver, "C"effective 3.7.2019
Allentown beats Reading during annual hockey game
Sunday, February 24th, 2019
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The 13th annual Battle of the Badges Hockey Game was held on Sunday, February 24th at the Santander Arena. The game pits firefighters & police officers from Reading against Fire & Police Officers from Allentown.
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Paramedic accepts award on behalf of EMS responders
Sunday, February 24th, 2019
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St. Pauls Roman Catholic Church recently hosted their third annual One Family Gala at the Inn at Reading. An award was presented to local EMS personnel for their role in caring for the community. On hand to accept the award was RFD PHRN Michael Sninsky.
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Personnel Assignment
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
The following assignment is per Personnel Directive 2019-06Devin Scicchitano, Jumper "C" - Engine 5 Driver, "A"effective 2.25.2019
Paramedic Promoted
Thursday, February 7th, 2019
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Congratulations to Paramedic Craig Sweigert on his Promotion to EMS Lieutenant on the A platoon. Sweigert was hired on April 16th of 2013. After completing the fire academy he was assigned to Medic 4 on the C platoon.
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Firefighter Scott Sayers
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
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Congratulations to Firefighter Scott Sayers on retiring after 38 years of combined service in the City of Reading.Scott joined the Rainbow Fire Company back in 1981 as a volunteer firefighter. Scott would move on to get hired on April 18th, 1994.
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Reading Royals announce Battle of the Badge Hockey Game
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
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For the 3rd straight year, the Reading Fire & Police Department's will take on the Fire & Police from Allentown during the 14th annual Battle of the Badge in Reading. The game will be held on February 24th at 1230 before the regular scheduled Royals game.
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Personnel Assignment
Tuesday, January 29th, 2019
The following assignment is per Personnel Directive 2019-06William Farmer, Jumper "A" - Engine 1 Driver, "A"effective 2.9.2019
Personnel Assignment
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
The following assignment is per Personnel Directive 2019-03Marc DeVita, Engine 5 driver "A" - Engine 9, "A"effective 1.24.2019
Firefighter resigns
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
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Good luck to Firefighter/Paramedic Andrew LaFaver on his new position with Bethlehem Township EMS. Andy has served the city since 2016.
Firefighters compete in Hoagies for Heros Charity at Wawa
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
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On Thursday morning December 20th, several Reading Firefighters squared off against Wawa employees in a race to construct 30 sandwiches. The firefighters won the narrow contest and raised $2,000 for the Salvation Army of Reading.
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Firefighters purchase $7500 worth of toys for Salvation Army
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
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On Wednesday evening December 19th, Santa Claus along with several Reading Firefighters converged on the Exeter Township Target to purchase toys for the Salvation Army of Reading. After 2 hours, 25 carts worth of toys had been purchased and loaded for delivery at the Salvation Army Toy Drive Breakfa...
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Paramedic resigns
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
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Good luck to Paramedic Michael Lerch on his move to the Broadway area of North Carolina. Mike plans on working to obtain paramedic certification within the state. Mike leaves after more than 12 years of service.
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Toy Drive Kick-Off
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018
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We're off to a great start for this years Toy-Drive thanks to the Russel M. Butterweck detachment of the Marine Corps League in Berks County and Cabelas! The group donated toys from an event held over the weekend at Cabela's in Hamburg.
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