Fire alarm at medical campus was a system error, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at Community Medical Campus in Reading. No fire was found and the alarm was caused by a system error at the central panel.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Tension and General Tower One Respond, Community Medical Campus, near North 6th Street.
00:05
Crosher to Blonde in Washington for automatic fire alarm, smoke reported.
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1431.
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Sixth ready.
00:19
Carcett. Carcett.
00:21
Was the fire drill reported by a patient or by somebody from the building?
00:28
While on the phone with EMS, someone calling for a patient reported a fire alarm, and now there is an alarm from the alarm company.
00:42
Okay.
00:44
I'll be en route.
00:46
Copy on route.
00:47
1432.
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Power 1, near North 6.
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Location 913, nothing visible.
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No evacuation at this point.
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917 radio. They are out right.
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917303. The squad is on another road.
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500 year available 1432nd 1330.
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Enter once arrived.
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Tanger once arrived and 1434.
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Both one's picture.
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267, 1135.
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Already on scene putting assignment.
01:51
Go ahead.
01:57
They've been having system issues.
02:00
The panel is showing an error sign now.
02:03
Maintenance looking for the activated sector.
02:05
I guess, the activated sector.
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Okay, six for you.
02:15
Okay.
02:19
Did this come from a central station or a phone call?
02:27
Alarm company, zone 930 smoke, Johnson controls.
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Okay, six that any of the FM's on fire, Ops one.
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The other six, go ahead.
02:46
Do you have the transmission in that community campus?
02:52
What's going on?
02:55
Central Station alarm, but the alarm panel shows just an error message.
02:59
No device location information.
03:05
Not around the safe, that's not true.
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So there isn't a problem with the system.
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Final shows basement maintenance storage room smoky peckers.
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Okay, what was the error message?
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Listen to security.
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Parts of it.
03:34
I tried to call back but someone was talking, so I couldn't get out.
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Reading, PA
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