Carbon monoxide levels detected at residence near Ritter St, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a carbon monoxide incident at a residence near Ritter Street in Reading. UGI and fire teams ventilated the property due to detected elevated carbon monoxide levels. Occupants were evacuated and the cause was identified as a furnace malfunction.
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06:18
Transcript:
00:00
Tension Engine 7-1-1-few-1 near Ritter Street between West Douglass Street and West Oley Street.
00:08
Carbon monoxide incident.
00:10
Telf 22.
00:16
Letter 1, near Ritter.
00:18
Near Ritter.
00:19
The latter one I'm up.
00:26
We're tonight at 5-3-5 at running.
00:30
6-6-2-25 are running.
00:31
Toll-time for.
00:37
Okay, and just seven.
00:41
12-23. 12-23.
00:53
Perry Township 6803 Shoemakersville Road, across the Brown and Birchell Roads with assist.
00:59
Medics, 6711, Perry Township.
01:03
683 Shoemakersville Road.
01:04
Crossed 83 Shoemakersville Road.
01:06
Lift assist 1224.
01:11
Rescue, 742 Roots.
01:15
Okay, rescue.
01:17
Cardine, 742 RAID.
01:20
Cardine UGIS on location requesting, sorry to help ventilate from CO, there is a tech on scene.
01:26
Very good.
01:34
Borg's Intermediate 552 is on scene.
01:38
Media 5852 on scene, 1224.
01:52
Leavesport Borough, 413, Declere Avenue, across the Grand Avenue and Pine Street, VLS Trauma.
01:58
Medic 5454 Covering Station 670, Station 37 QRS, Leavesport Borough, 413, DeGler Avenue, across the Grand Avenue, Pine Street, VILA's Trauma, 1225.
02:19
We'll take the colony sports and hamlet to the lift assistance area.
02:25
Received 1225-413 Degler Avenue.
02:29
An 81-year-old male unable to care for himself.
02:31
His left type is possibly dislocated or fractured.
02:35
Hasn't been eating or drinking.
02:37
Still, Taney.
02:39
Sweet.
02:50
Perry Townships, 6A3 Shoemaker's Hill Road, closer to the Brown and Birch Hill Roads, the lift assist.
02:56
Like, 5454 covering station 670,
02:59
and redirect Perry Township, 683 Shoemakersville Road, crossing the Brown and Birchell Road, lift assist, 1226.
03:07
One-one.
03:10
Crescients is going to be his right hip that's hurting.
03:12
He had his left leg amputated due to an infection or clusting running.
03:15
And do you want QRF to be recalled?
03:20
Received and you had a recall line.
03:22
1226.
03:28
656-5-6-3 is unseen.
03:31
952-3 on scene. No, 5-2-3 on scene, no 26.
03:39
Company 37, you can recall from 413 Vigler Avenue.
03:43
You're available 1227.
03:48
Sorry not.
03:51
Good.
03:54
For UDI on scene, 742 is the affected property.
03:59
He got up about 500 parts of a million on the first floor.
04:02
He did not make access to the basement.
04:04
He has 60 parts per million in the joining property at 744.
04:09
Everything is currently opened up in ventilating and people are evacuated.
04:16
Okay.
04:27
Tilton Township, Alvey, 15, Wilderness Trail, Crossview, Tilton Ridge Drive, BLS Medical.
04:33
Notting 5451, Tilton Township, Aldi, 1-5, Wilderness Trail, cross-stead and Ridge Drive, BLS Medical.
04:39
1228.
04:41
A place, Latter-S 64, Temporary, Outer Service Mechanical.
04:52
Hothier, Latter, Sikis, Army, Service.
04:54
Tull, 21.
04:58
I'll follow back in when it's available.
05:03
Copy. Both of the memory.
05:09
I've got to see what this is not now.
05:17
29. 29.
05:23
2525-454, Berk.
05:28
1.1 on location.
05:31
26701. Location, 1230.
05:33
Medics 5454.4.
05:34
Mercos.
05:35
I'm a crime.
05:42
Guys.
05:48
I'm in 42 in the basement with UGI.
05:50
It's definitely a furnace malfunction.
05:53
I have a rescue extra going on the up floors to check.
05:59
And if you can find the occupants outside, you see if they have a key to open up a Belko door.
06:09
I'm seeing at 35 parts.
06:11
I'm really in down here.
06:12
So it came down drastically.
06:14
And I had nothing on the first floor.
06:17
Okay.
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Ritter St, Reading, PA 19601
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