Fire alarm reported near Centre Avenue, Reading PA
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According to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a fire alarm at a building near Centre Avenue between Burns and Exeter Streets in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several fire units and medics were dispatched, but the call was confirmed to be a fire alarm rather than an active fire.
Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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4703 address of the fire near Centre Avenue between Bern Street and Exeter Street.
00:06
Structure fire.
00:07
Which is only a fire alarm unit 11 heating unit wire.
00:12
Respond on fire operations number two with Car 6, (number withheld).
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Touch Engine 9, Engine 3, Ladder 1.
00:21
Rocky 1, Engine 5 and Medics 7.
00:24
Box 703, address near Centre Avenue between Burns Street and Exeter Street.
00:30
A structure by originally fire alarm, the Hugings Unit 1, Fire, Unit 11.
00:36
Again, respond along from Office (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Centre Ave, Reading, PA 19601
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