False alarm from smoke detectors near North 10th Street, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to smoke detector alarms near North 10th Street. The investigation found no fire; the alarms came from a waste truck storing smoke detectors.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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04:4
Transcript:
00:00
Number 3, area near North 10th Street, smoke detectors sounding.
00:11
Five for the potholes and zero for the crash.
00:22
Thank you. Much.
00:23
Thank you for coming now.
00:31
1-1-1 available.
00:34
Minix 55-1-1 available.
00:47
Medics seven all occasion.
00:51
Medics having the location.
00:53
Medics having the location.
00:58
Ladder 3, near North 10th Street.
01:02
The ladder 3.
01:05
Near North 10th Street.
01:06
Near North 10th Street.
01:08
G9.
01:10
9.
01:11
4-6, near North 10th Street.
01:15
Car 6 call reports a specific detector sounding in the area but unsure where it's coming from.
01:20
Engine 9 is arriving, three-story middle of the row, nothing showing.
01:23
We'll be out of use to year.
01:27
Engine 9 in the air, nothing showing.
01:32
The engine 9 in the air, nothing showing.
01:37
Keep Corsics, arriving.
01:48
And you're one available?
01:55
I've got a couple old detectors on the back of the cross the ground left.
02:01
Six already.
02:03
Yeah.
02:04
Of course.
02:05
Six.
02:15
There's a small waste truck here that has the stored detectors in the back.
02:25
Okay, received.
02:30
Show the address is near North 10th Street.
02:34
Copy near North 10th Street.
02:50
Medical 1 317 South 6th Street, Binglinus, Spruce, Nailess Medical.
02:56
Medical, and 45-year-old female, (name withheld), dizziness.
03:06
Be requesting Reading.
03:13
Oh, (number withheld).
03:19
In the area.
03:22
You're in the area.
03:23
You're in the area.
03:30
Eric Smagic is available.
03:34
24 available.
03:41
36Rail with the 81 unit.
03:49
That's Reading Hospital.
03:51
En route, Reading.
03:54
I'm located as a vehicle owner from that address, he's going to try to silence the detectors, clear the assignment.
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Location mentioned:
N 10th St, Reading, PA 19604
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