Automatic fire alarm at college building in Reading, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, an automatic fire alarm was reported at Walton Hall at Albright College in Reading. Fire units arrived but found no fire and the building was not evacuated.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
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01:19
Transcript:
00:00
3-dispatch, near North 13th Street, tension engine I and R3.
00:05
Albright College Walton Hall, near 13th Street, automatic fire alarm reported lounge zone.
00:16
Ladder 3, near North 13th.
00:19
Ladder 3, responding.
00:26
Engine 9, Walton Hall.
00:29
Engine 9, responding.
00:34
Car 3, near North 13th.
00:41
Car 3 responding.
00:43
Near North 13th Street, Walton Hall.
00:48
Automatic fire alarm reported Lounge Zone.
00:55
Second one for radio and route to Reading.
00:58
The medic one en route to Reading.
01:06
Engine 9 ladder 3 are arriving.
01:09
Nothing showing.
01:10
Building is not evacuated.
01:13
We're checking.
01:16
Engine 9, ladder 3 are arriving.
01:17
Nothing showing, building not evacuated.
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Location mentioned:
Reading, PA 19604
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