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Commercial fire alarm at Jamestown Village Apartments, Reading PA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/10/2025 10:26 PM

Lackawanna St, Reading, PA 19601

According to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm was activated at Jamestown Village Apartments, building 10 near Lackawanna Street. Responders arrived, and a resident confirmed the alarm was active with no signs of fire or odor. Evacuation was advised as a precaution.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS

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01:59

Transcript:

00:00

Tension Engine 7 ladder 3.

00:03

Jamestown Village Apartments, near Lackawanna Street.

00:08

Building number 10 between Allegheny Avenue and Carbon Street for commercial fire alarm[1].

00:14

What is the 80998 fire alarm[1]s?

00:22

Radio ambulance 3 security check.

00:28

Ambulance 3 radio, no more checks.

00:30

We'll be en route to running momentarily.

00:34

Moraes (number withheld).

00:40

Engine 7 in route 0128.

00:48

Ladder 3-3-1.

00:49

Ladder-Lak-1.

00:51

Ladder 3 in route 0-128.

00:57

Car 6, Jamestown Village, Building 10.

01:00

Car 6 and Routher 128.

01:03

It's going to be building number 10, zone 998, fire alarm[1] for a rapid response.

01:12

Thank you, radio.

01:16

Ambulance 3.

01:20

You just box the squad in our location, please.

01:24

Racing.

01:28

Squad 600 to radio, the coffee direct.

01:33

I see. Squat 600 and Rout 313.

01:40

Okay, the car 6.

01:44

Good.

01:46

Thus advising, we get a call from a resident confirming their active alarms, no odor,

01:54

when they were advised to evacuate.

01:58

Okay.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

fire alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation

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Location mentioned:

Lackawanna St, Reading, PA 19601

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