Apartment fire alarm at Franklin Towers

Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital

01:57

00:00

Engine three, tower one, Franklin Towers, (number withheld) South Sixth Street, cross of Chestnut and Franklin Streets.

00:06

General automatic fire alarm, eleven forty-seven.

00:14

Engine three on location, nothing showing.

00:16

Checking eleven forty-seven.

00:22

Ambulance one radio.

00:29

Ambulance one.

00:32

We're clear of Penn Street.

00:34

Keep it busy. We'll be moving equipment.

00:37

I mean, ambulance one, clear of Penn Street.

00:39

Busy moving equipment.

00:40

Eleven forty-eight.

00:50

Engine three's on location with nothing showing.

00:58

Power's on scene.

01:00

Tower on location, eleven forty-nine.

01:07

Tower officer, are you?

01:10

Tower officer.

01:13

Final shows one alarm, apartment (number withheld) , we're checking.

01:17

One alarm, apartment (number withheld) , checking, 1150 .

01:25

Tower officer, smoke from propane should be good for a rest.

01:31

Roger, copy.

01:35

Radio copy direct 1152.

01:43

Tower officer radio.

01:45

Tower officer.

01:49

Clear final, keys are back in the box.

01:51

Make assignment available.

01:53

Chief, tower officer, clear final, keys are current, assignments available 1153.

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Apartment fire alarm at Franklin Towers

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