Smoke detector triggered by cigarette smoke in hallway, Reading PA


A smoke detector on the second floor hallway of a building near South 5th Street was triggered. Upon investigation, the cause was found to be cigarette smoke, not a fire.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 7 South 5th Street between Bingaman Street and Laurel Street.
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A second floor smoke detector,
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2,132.
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Tower 1,
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417 South 5th Street.
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Okay, Donald.
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Enter5-417-05.
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Okay, Engine 5.
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Car-6, 417-5. Car-6, a second-floor hallway smoke detector.
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Amity Township at the Speedway, 1028, West Ben Franklin Highway, Class 4[1],
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Redix 684 -1, Amity Township, at the Speedway, 1028, West Ben Franklin Highway,
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or Class 4[1], 2134.
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Hey, your 5-1 location, nothing shown in investigating 2135.
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5.5 questions? 5 questions.
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Go ahead.
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I'm not as calls possibly smoke. You can try a freezo.
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All right, you have a room number.
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It's just in the hallway, Chief of the cigarette float down here, though.
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All right, you can return. It's a radio.
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Car 6.
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Cigarette smoke second floor. They're going to be restoring.
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I'm available if companies can clear when they restore.
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Copy, second floor, hallway, smoking.
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You're available.
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2137.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Class 4: Situation under control; no immediate assistance or emergency response required.
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