Automatic fire alarm at Lutheran Home in Topton

Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital

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Second dispatch, Longswamp Township, (number withheld) South Home Avenue, the Lutheran Home at Topton, cross street of Tower Drive and Ryder Drive for an automatic fire alarm.

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Fire Twenty (number withheld).

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Second dispatch, Longswamp Township, (number withheld) South Home Avenue, the Lutheran Home at Topton, cross street of Tower Drive and Ryder Drive for an automatic.

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Fire alarm, could be the water flow alarm.

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They are 200 and fifty-four.

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Berks ladder twenty-one.

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Ladder twenty-one.

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Ladder twenty-one responding.

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Ladder twenty-one, zero two fifty-five.

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Overhaul is complete.

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Security will be continuing a fire watch for the rest of the morning until maintenance comes in.

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We'll be cleaning up and companies will be placing themselves available shortly.

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Message received, 0258.

8/12/2026 11:54 PM

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One Home Ave, Topton, PA 19562

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at a Lutheran care facility on South Home Avenue in Longswamp Township near Tower Drive and Ryder Drive in Topton. Ladder 21 was dispatched for a possible water flow alarm. Overhaul was completed and security was set to maintain a fire watch until maintenance arrived.

Automatic fire alarm at Lutheran Home in Topton

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