Structural fire on third floor and attic at Penn Street, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters are working to control a structural fire on the third floor and attic of a building near Penn Street. The floors are partly compromised and there is heavy smoke and heat. Crews are repositioning equipment to reach the fire. No arson or crime has been reported.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
04:44
Transcript:
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Nettiguan in front of near Penn Street, class 4, 1624.
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Cross Radio Command, ZERC.
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Correct the Cors ready command.
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for another 20 minute check.
00:24
Okay, we're still working on the extension up in the third floor.
00:27
We have some problems due to the construction of the building itself.
00:31
Also, some of the floors are slightly compromised.
00:35
So we're still working.
00:37
So see, still working on the extension on the third floor due to this instruction.
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1625.
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That's 25, too.
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So,
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97, you're at 25 to 1625.
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Guide to command.
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Power 25 says they can get back there and get their bucket to where you're going to get their bucket to where you're going.
01:25
Right enough to shut down with 5 inch 2, engine 1 I already pulled under 1 driver.
01:32
Okay, that's fine.
01:33
Get that operation going and then if we need to resupply that's 5 we can.
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And that's my concern.
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The K-18 zones way up.
01:44
Thank you.
01:51
From then, if you want to fly there?
01:55
Got you.
01:59
Crews check the Charlie side[1] saw, and the temperature's coming down.
02:02
You've got one screw's working on that window so right now, but everything looks good on the trailer.
02:08
Okay, if they're going to go process of reposition in your tower to go back, they said they could probably reach it with the stick.
02:14
Do we need to do that, or should we hold off on that?
02:19
I don't think it'll be necessary from this point.
02:22
If you want to check with Deputy 1, just there's a lot of care in there.
02:24
I think we should be good.
02:27
Okay, Deputy 1 from the man.
02:31
Great, Robert.
02:33
With what you have working on this side roof and yourself and whatever you have inside there, do you feel the need to reposition Tower 25 to try to hit anything from the Charlie side[1]?
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Boyertown Borough, 27, South Franklin Street, Apartment 14, Crusher, Spruce Street, and Pine Street, BLS Medical.
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5253, Boyertown Borough, 27,
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South Franklin Street, Apartment 14.
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Crusher, Spurstreet and Pine Street, BOS, Medical, 1632.
03:11
Yeah, Tom and they also got it from the third floor where that bathroom is.
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And I got the Eaves open up one that's all the side for a good.
03:21
Okay, my only concern is there's still a fair amount of smoke that's coming out by the center vent hole in the roof.
03:27
So I'm not sure if it's, I don't think that's trapped.
03:29
It looks like there's still too much pressure behind it.
03:32
So we still have something burning in there.
03:34
We just gotta have to open up more and find it.
03:39
Okay, that's probably on frame, if that's like them, too, here.
03:48
We have a lot of, but they do a heat up here in this room.
03:52
We're in the attic currently trying to push the ceiling down so we can try to get all the high.
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Okay, whatever works.
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My only concern is that that smoke is picking up that's coming out of that center vent hole.
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So as long as you guys are watching that map back corner and that Charlie Delta corner,
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that's my main concern at this point.
04:15
We're putting a hose line up there now.
04:19
Okay.
04:26
Land Deputy 4-1, you want us to hold off and relocate in the tower?
04:30
Yeah, just leave it where it is for right now.
04:33
Deputy 25-2 feels secure with what they did back there, and once we just try to get to that, whatever's burning up in the third floor yet.
04:43
But just have him standby for now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Charlie side: Rear (C-side) of the structure
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Near Penn St, Reading, PA 19601
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