Fire alarm at nursing home caused by toaster malfunction, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at Berkshire Center nursing home in Exeter Township. Smoke was reported on the second floor. Fire crews responded and found the source to be a malfunctioning toaster that caused the smoke. The situation was contained without further incident.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Exeter Township, Berkshire Center, near Perkiomen Avenue, pressure of shell-borne, dug, westbound, and Lincoln Drive, automatic fire alarm.
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Station 25, engine, tanker 25, Exeter Township, the Berkshire Center,
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near Perkiomen Avenue, pressure at Shelburne-Dug-handle, Westbound of Lincoln Drive,
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automatic fire alarm, reported to be General Fire, 1833.
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REST 215 is responding to place the engine tanker.
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Rest to engine 25 copy a response of the engine tanker for Berkshire Center, near Perkiomen Avenue.
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Automatic fire alarm reporting general fire per protective alarms, 1835.
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Yeah.
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Medic 3.
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You can put us available.
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Hey, Medic 3 is available.
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Mount Pennboro, Howard Boulevard, and North 22nd Street, motor vehicle with injuries.
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Station 1, Station 4, Rescue 1, Engine 4, Medic 5551. Mount Pennborough, Howard Boulevard, and North 22nd Street, letter via claxon and with injuries,
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1836.
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Stephanie 251.
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Go ahead with the upgrade.
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Dispatching.
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It's going to be ops number one.
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All units for Exeter Township, Berkshire Center.
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near Perkiomen Avenue between Shelbourne, Jules, Sandel, Westbound, and Lincoln Drive. Structural operations are going to be on fireoffs. Number one, after response, 1836.
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B... ...their...
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Exeter, Township, Berkshire Center, near Perthumann Avenue, crusher to shellboard, Doug Hamill, Westdown, and Lincoln Drive.
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The structure fire.
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Station 25, Station 7, Power 25, Engine, Tanker 25,
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Tanker 25, Tanker 23, Tanker 6.
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Station 64 for Rit, Middick, 6932.
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Exeter, Township, Berkshire Center, near Perkiomen Avenue.
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Crusher, Shellborne, Drug, Handel, Westdown, and Lincoln, Drive.
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Structure fire, reported the alarm bell sounding with smoke on the second floor, 1837.
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Deputy 1.
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Myself and rescue water in route.
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Deputy One, you're responding as well as what you want for Howard Beaubhard on North 22nd Street.
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for the motor vehicle accident reported with two injuries to vehicle accident.
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Other unit calling, I stopped on you, you,
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or you stuff on me.
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Squad 690 is responding.
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Stop for the squad, uh, structural fire then.
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Robeson Township 275 Whistfering Pine Lane, Crusher, Steter Lane and White Bear Road.
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Class 4, Medics 69-31 covering station 630.
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Robeson Township 275, Whispering Pine Lane, pressure, Cedar Lane, and White Bear Road.
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Class 4, 1839.
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Pressure under 6 and are out.
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Press-Du-106, copy your responding.
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1839.
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Make 621 copy your handle at recall 693,
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1839. Stand by for your additional.
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Injuries, one female, repeat pain, second 50-year-old male with test pain.
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Rescue ends in 25.
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On scene, two-story,
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nursing home facility, nothing evident. We'll be out checking.
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Copy your own scene with two-story nursing home facility, nothing showing.
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First one was on location.
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Rescue one.
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On the location,
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1840.
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First, deputy one, same traffic.
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Two vehicles in the roadway.
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Robbie, 1840.
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Section 7 and out.
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End of seven here responding,
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1840.
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Clint six.
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Quint six.
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Clint six responding to the structure fire, 1841.
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That's affirmative.
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We are getting reports for a malfunctioned toaster on the second floor.
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We're going to make our way out that now.
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We'll give you a further report.
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Okay, you're on EMS.
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