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Second alarm fire at Swanquare apartments in Reading, Reading PA
Fire & Arson
Near N 5th St, Reading, PA 19601
A second alarm was called for a working structure fire at the Swanquare Apartments near North 5th Street in Reading. Multiple fire units were dispatched to respond.
Audio|Source: Berks County Emergency Services
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Transcript: Second alarm[1] for the city of Reading, near North 5th Street, a working structure fire. Rest for engine 85. Engine 64, ladder 7.9.25, you are at the RIT[2]. Second alarm, box 302, the city of Reading, near North 5, at the Swanquare Apartments. Washington and Walnut Streets, work and structure fire, 0122.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Second alarm: Additional resources requested for a significant fire incident
[2]
RIT: Rapid Intervention Team assignment
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Location mentioned:
Near N 5th St, Reading, PA 19601
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Engine 3 and Tower 1 report to the Swan Court Department near North Fifth Street to re-trigger equipment. 3 of Car 9. Drive. See, are you okay if we stay in station? All the equipment that they have is from the Blitha Tower brought. Yeah, if you didn't leave anything, you're good.
First, finite 9603-0. Metac 5603 at Reading, 0548. Engine 5. Did you shut down the Master Stream, please? This platform. Good. Roll it. 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. 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. the pre-entry 5 go ahead 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. 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. 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? Turn into the bucket. 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? Yeah, honestly, I'm only flown about anywhere from 300 to 500 to 500 gallons of water a minute. Okay, so to confirm, we can cut your supply and hack basically. Yeah, as long as somebody can get in there like $600 or whatever, yeah. Engine 1, let's start wrapping up that supply to the power. We'll just be operating with engine 3. Okay. You can shut down to supply. One to Car 2 on Offs 2. May each have three or four guys. Marks 822. 7202 reporting for the tree down 155.55. People from the stations to come out and start attacking us or do we have enough people. I have every inch of LDH off this truck. Send Engine 4 and Engine 8. They're the two closest to the fire ground. Engine engine, 4, and engine 8. All personnel, we're out of near N 5th St. Spons for department's assistance, the inspector, fire. All personnel out of near N 5th St.
and Medic 1. On block 302, near North 5th Street, one-quartered apartments between Washington and Walnut Streets. Second alarm[1], working structure fire. Pressure engine 85. Engine 64, ladder 79, 25. Second alarm, near North 5th with gas involved fire. We're secured right now. We'll do an approach from the south side, second floor gas fed fire. Disconnecting all gas supply. Radio copies. Three from command. What was the apartment that couldn't evacuate again? 4B Bravo. Making access to 4B on the second floor rear. We're not sure of the victim's transport status yet. We should have a gas shut off. Is that done? We are going to run out of water. Need water supply support here. I was tired of today. Good. I've got one victim four rear. She's conscious and oriented. I'll bring her out to the fire escape. Fire escape to the rear? Yeah, we are bringing her out on the rear fire escape now. Okay, I need to know which fire escape. For the city of Reading near North 5th, between Washington and Walnut Streets, working structure fire. Correct. I'm on the fourth floor rear apartment. I'm trying to get down to the third floor now. Okay. On my way. Just passing my picture. Copy. Any crews on the roof yet? I'm going to get off the roof now. Get matter, please. Keep up to the Chiefs. Nobody's answered yet. She wants to keep trying. Uh, Chief Victor is off tomorrow. Only Chiefs Carr and Green are available tomorrow. Uh, General message to old chiefs, see if anyone is available. All right. We'll go from there. Any available chief respond to second alarm near North 5th. One-quarter apartments near North 5th, between Washington and Walnut. Working structure fire[2], car 1. Is it 130? Heavy fire on and over the 4th floor. That's good point. Need someone on the roof to open up. Yeah, so 21 to command. Go to command. All right. Our issue is how to get a handline to the quick floor. The only way to get there is the fire escape. Fire starting from front to rear. Fire escape in the rear is the only access to fourth floor. Trying to figure that out. That's how I got up here. Fire 3 is setting up now. They can take a line off entrance 5. Water and Tyro, are you setting up with your community service?
We have the extremely heavy fire conditions on the rear of the fire building. We're going to need a line from the rear, preferably at two and a half. Copy. I need an engine to the rear. And she, it's already exposed to the de-exposure. You might want to think about checking. Copy. Sorry, the radio. Getty second or more. The engine under 4-8. A lot of the way ahead, fire from the roof. 21's request in a second, or a line to the rear, a douce and a half. Andrew Flaw is working in that one position. Agent Pond, you can access the courtyard through apartments 1C or 1D. Yep, I've got to access. Ray here to Carrey, just confirm you with the second. Radio to Carrey, you want the second one? Affirmied, second. Hold on. I see. All right, I was after. Go ahead through. Engine 3 charts 300. Oh, you're coming. Lock 3.02, second line, working fire, near N 5th St plunkwood apartments. Working structure fire. Engine 9, county west of engine 85, county engine 64. 103 route, county ladder 79, station 25, right. and Medic 1. On block 302, near N 5th St one-quartered apartments between Washington and Walnut Streets. Second alarm, working structure, fire, 022.22. Second alarm for the city of letting near N 5th St, a working structure fire. Pressure engine 85. Engine 64, ladder 79, 25. You are the Rift. Second alarm, Oxford, Tennessee, a wedding. near N 5th St with the slant performance. To Washington and Walhamham Street. Organ structure fires, 0122. The gas did fire. I haven't seen. I have it. We're secured right now. Measure 5 parts is going to have. We're going to do an app in from the, uh, the Delta, or the south side, second floor gas fed fire. Front. Charge the radio, where, uh, uh, Disconnecting all gas stability. Radio copies. Three from command. Go to command. Chief, we have two lines, not to fall to the fire all, I suppose, they're at this time. Enterpot, first one. You got the polka of the fire. Starting to radio. All right. What was the apartment that couldn't evacuate again? 4B Bravo. So to command. So to command. I just feed you off the second four rear part of making access to 4B. or a strike of harm. All right, see, we're around doing a free foot. We're not sure of the region transporting yet. Very, too. From? Why is it? You're the one that had to gas made fire. We should have a gas shut off. Is that no difference? Go to commandant, wherever you are, you got a lot of background. The fourth floor here. We're going to have the two and a half coming from the Delta side. We are going to run out of water. We do not have a supply yet. Any three hands that can come to help the supply get your ass is back here. I was tired of today.
Box 302[1], near North Fifth Street, the Swan Court Apartments, between Washington and Walnut Street to structure fire. Engine Engine 3, engine engine 3, engine 1, engine 1, engine 5, bladder one, tower 1, rescue one, engine, 7, safety. Medic 3. Respond Box 302, near North Fifth Street, the Swan Court Apartments between Washington Street and Walnut Street. Structure fire reported smoking fire from the 2nd, 14. Lido, North Lice. You're a lot of one around. 3 North 5. Engine 3 is it out. Sorry, North Smith. Okay, Corrie. All right. heard an explosion, smoke and fire from the second floor. They get a home station, church, and the Central Station as well. We're working on a back to room.
