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False fire alarm triggered by water leak at apartmentsReading PA

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Near N 9th St, Reading, PA 19601

Fire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at Skyline View Apartments near North 9th Street in Reading. The alarm was caused by water leaking onto a smoke detector in a first-floor women's restroom. No fire was found.

Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Pyrton 1-1 response to Skyline View Apartments near North 9th Street between Washington Street and Court Street for automatic fire alarm reported.
00:11
Zero fire.
00:14
1254.
00:16
Pension 150 north-nine.
00:22
Tension 1, responding, 1255.
00:26
Tower 150,0-9.
00:29
Tower 1. Responding 125. Tower 1, responding 1255.
00:35
10-0-1. Car-dye, 50-org-eye.
00:44
Carline responding, 1255, near North 9th Street, the Skyline View Apartments.
00:49
Zone Zero Fire alarm.
01:00
NG1-1-4-4-1-arriving at the Joint.
01:23
Attention, engine 5, ladder 1.
01:26
Cumer Township 500, Philadelphia Avenue, the Mifflin Center cross street to Mifflin Boulevard and Marshall Drive. This company 42,
01:34
structure fire.
01:36
1287 operations will be on Burke's FireOps 1 after response to 0.507. Engine 1,000, announcing 1227.
01:47
Under one car nine.
01:54
Go ahead.
02:00
Coming in as an unprogrammed device here.
02:06
No.
02:09
There's no location.
02:14
That's corrective.
02:20
A temporary store.
02:23
I'll follow.
02:24
How far are you?
02:31
Car floor.
02:36
We go on a computer attachment.
02:39
What was the next channel for that?
02:42
They're going to be on Burke's higher-ops of one.
02:50
Measure 1 car 9.
02:51
Attempting to Reset, the alarm reactivated, showing first-floor women's room.
02:58
Okay, let's try that.
03:05
Measure 1, car 9.
03:07
Go ahead.
03:13
It was water on the detector in the first floor women's room, leaving it in alarm, maintenance is aware.
03:19
Very good, thank you.
03:21
Nine or a radio.
03:22
Carnine.
03:24
First floor women's room water leak is on the sector.
03:27
You make the assignment available.
03:33
Carline, we see first floor women's room, water leaking the detector, assignment available, 1301.

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Near N 9th St, Reading, PA 19601
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