Smoke alarms activate in Reading nonprofit building, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/1/2025 07:46 AM

Near Franklin St, Reading, PA 19602

Firefighters responded to smoke detector and fire alarm activations at a nonprofit building near Franklin St in Reading. Additional alarms were reported at a secondary location, but no active fire was confirmed. The incident involved water entering the roof through the lighting system.

Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS

02:59

Transcript:

00:00

Non-profit, the trust machine at Franklin Street for an automatic fire alarm. It would be a general fire alarm from the allotted company, 1046.

00:13

Tower 1144, south place.

00:18

No one, 1047.

00:27

Midox 684-1.

00:31

Negative 49.

00:32

That's bad.

00:36

If the rescue's going to be here, just take a block and present in that line coming 562. The whole run.

00:52

Engine 1-10-2.

00:57

Part 3.144 Celfix.

01:04

314141-14-Salt Hux 2Burkes County Nonprofit General Fire Alarm Smoke Detective from the Allarm Company, 1047.

01:27

All wrong, of course, sir.

01:31

Go ahead.

01:33

Dustin's construction.

01:35

We're going to restore. They're going to back the detector.

01:40

Okay, very good. Three away. Did you copy that?

01:46

Negative. Can you repeat?

01:49

I want to identify that special construction.

01:51

They're going to protect the device and restore the alarms.

01:54

I'm available when you're one and power one can make themselves about it.

01:59

Master Steve, you're available to make themselves available.

02:06

Structure investigation,

02:08

water coming in the roof through lighting.

02:12

Station 85, Station 79, Engine 85, End in 182, Ladder 79, Spring Township, near Franklin St, Cross Street, West Swan Avenue, Southmorewood Avenue, or Structure Investigation,

02:29

1049.

02:34

Thank you on the radio. We're available.

02:40

Merks, Latter 18 is responding in place of an engine in King, too.

02:48

We see Latter 18 year around places the engine 1050, near Franklin St for water,

02:55

coming through the roof,

02:58

through the lighting system.

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