Firefighters control major building fire near N 5th St, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters worked to control a large building fire near N 5th St. They shut down some water supplies and performed overhaul operations. All personnel were ordered out of the building for safety. Extensive firefighting efforts continued.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
05:45
Transcript:
00:00
First, finite 9603-0. Metac 5603 at Reading, 0548. Engine 5. Did you shut down the Master Stream, please? This platform. Good. Roll it.
00:27
Over just beneath you. Are we going to have to tear up that cornice and stuff to it? Just before it came to where I have now, I play a whole bunch of water in there. It seems to tame it down a little while. Just keep it on on it.
00:52
Car 421. We good to go under with overhaul. Yeah, as far as near N 5th St is concerned, certainly. Carried to radio. All right. Put the fire under control with extensive overhaul.
01:22
the pre-entry 5 go ahead
01:46
Ten by one, sir. Command from Chief 25. The fifth floor line is being broken down now in 501. Okay, and we have another line operating, correct? Yeah, correct. There's another line operating off the third floor.
02:11
State 72 brush 72, 72 and Microsoft 333 fire lease. Refile Township, Alleghenyville Road and Maple Grove Road for a tree down in 0552. Hi, Nate. This will be fine. It's just an overhaul line at this morning. Copy.
02:33
15 East Washington Street, they're asking you enter through the garage. 81-year-old female fell, no injuries, no precautions, 181 pounds. Where is you?
02:45
Turn into the bucket.
02:46
Perfect. With the stream you're working with up there, can we cut the supply that's coming from Engine 1 and operate only with Engine 3 supply like we had in here originally?
02:56
Yeah, honestly, I'm only flown about anywhere from 300 to 500 to 500 gallons of water a minute.
03:01
Okay, so to confirm, we can cut your supply and hack basically.
03:07
Yeah, as long as somebody can get in there like $600 or whatever, yeah.
03:11
Engine 1, let's start wrapping up that supply to the power.
03:15
We'll just be operating with engine 3.
03:17
Okay. You can shut down to supply.
03:19
One to Car 2 on Offs 2.
03:23
May each have three or four guys.
03:25
Marks 822.
03:26
7202 reporting for the tree down 155.55.
03:31
People from the stations to come out and start attacking us or do we have enough people.
03:37
I have every inch of LDH off this truck.
03:40
Send Engine 4 and Engine 8.
03:44
They're the two closest to the fire ground.
03:48
Engine engine, 4, and engine 8.
03:50
All personnel, we're out of near N 5th St.
03:54
Spons for department's assistance, the inspector, fire.
03:56
All personnel out of near N 5th St.
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Near N 5th St, Reading, PA 19601
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