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Steam release triggers false fire alarm, Reading PA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Reading, PA

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews in Reading, Pennsylvania responded to a fire alarm triggered by a steam release at an unspecified building. The detectors were affected by the steam, causing repeated alarms which were later silenced and reset by the responding units.

Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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00:54
Transcript:
00:00
The detectors are fairly far away from where the steam is being released.
00:03
I don't think they're going to have a problem.
00:05
Okay.
00:06
Three drivers, Crown Academy on Front.
00:09
You said no (name withheld)?
00:11
Car 9 on radio.
00:12
Car 9.
00:15
Went off by a steam release.
00:17
Alarms reset.
00:18
Out of control.
00:20
Cut off by steam, right? Arm reset.
00:22
(name withheld) available for it.
00:24
Ladder one, you might as well.
00:25
Or engine three, you might as well go back over.
00:28
It's going off again.
00:30
Okay. You want to leave them alone?
00:33
Yeah, just silence it.
00:35
Sider radio.
00:36
Car nine.
00:38
We're getting alarms again, just related.
00:40
We're gonna silence the alarm.
00:44
Message received.
00:46
Three, just let another in.
00:48
Disturbance. It's probably, uh,
00:50
Inundated the detector.
00:52
Yep, we got it.
00:53
Engine three is on location.

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Reading, PA

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