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Firefighters Respond to Blaze at Commercial Location 

audio iconFire & Arson
Reading, PA
Firefighters are working to put out a small fire on the roof of a commercial building. They are actively battling the flames and trying to control the situation.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
02:55

Transcript:
Engine Tech are 25 driver from command. Opps 3. Go ahead. I need to reposition to the driveway that's on the east side of this (name withheld) store here. Take that driveway. We'll stretch a line off you. 8-93 Allentown Pipe[1]. VALS trauma, 19-5, question 1350[2]s. utility 6. Ken route to answer. Tility 6, 1358. 25, command. Be fire on a small fire roof and down the floor wire hold these time to weapon location and notify a minute for response please I'll get your poll number one too early Copy a few small fire on the roof hold it to a phone location no time I add 1350 With the exception of units on location, you can recall balance of the assignments placed available 1,400. No, probably if I was available. Ambulance 585-1[3]-1400. Engine 40[4] from a system 388. We don't have any whetting down here. We're pretty much wetting down. What's your wish is out there. So you say you're done wetting down down there? Yeah, I don't know smoke. We're going to hit this one timber a little bit more. I think you can get it from the other two lines at this point. All right. Do we want to roll that up a little bit? and maybe come in where that milkhouse was and just went this quarter down over there. What about right here between me and you where the lead to is that corner if he could hit it out for a little bit yet? All right, and then I'll tell you when to show down the way we can move a lot easier. Sounds good.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Allentown Pipe: Firefighting Equipment/Unit
[2]
1350: Incident or time marker (likely timestamp)
[3]
Ambulance 585-1: EMS Unit
[4]
Engine 40: Fire Engine Unit

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