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Local 1803 Donates to Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks
Monday, October 25th, 2021
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On Monday, October 25th, members from Local 1803 visited the offices of Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks. Local 1803 raised money this year through the sale of Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts....
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2021 Reading Fire Department Toy Drive
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
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Please consider purchasing 2021 Reading Fire Department Toy Drive apparel to help us get toys for local kids in need this Christmas. We appreciate you helping us in this great cause! Link posted below...
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Firefighter Gives 26 Years of Dedicated Service
Friday, October 1st, 2021
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Hired on February 1st of 1995, Judd Weber began his firefighting career on the C-Platoon where he was assigned as a jumper after graduating the fire academy. Firefighter Weber remained a jumper on C-s...
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RFD 2021 Recruit Class Graduates
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
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Congratulations to the 2021 recruit class on their graduation of the fire academy. The recruit class has finished 6 months of strenuous training led by Lieutenant Batz and now will be assigned to stre...
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Fire Alarm Activation in West Reading Goes 2nd Alarm
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
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01:22 hrs / 430 S. 7th Avenue, West Reading Borough / C PlatoonLadder 1 and Car 5 (DC Glore) were dispatched to assist the West Reading Fire Department at the scene of a vehicle fire inside the Tower Health/Reading Hospital 5th Avenue parking deck.
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Kitchen Fire in the Northeast - One Civilian Removed
Sunday, July 24th, 2022
18:44 hrs / 1039 Oley Street / Box 0903 / C PlatoonThe box was transmitted for a report of smoke and flames in the home with one occupant trapped on the 2nd floor. Car 5 (Glore) arrived at a 2 1/2-story end-of-the-row dwelling with smoke showing and declared a working fire.
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Firefighters Battle Heat, Humidity, and Flames in the Northeast
Friday, July 22nd, 2022
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12:37 hrs / 1011 Douglass Street / Box 0902 / C PlatoonThe box was transmitted for a report of fire in the walls at the location noted. Ladder 3 arrived quickly with smoke showing and declared a working fire.
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Mutual Aid to Shillington
Friday, July 8th, 2022
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0510 hrs / 55 New Holland Avenue, Shillington / C PlatoonTower 1 was dispatched as part of the 2nd alarm assignment to a working fire in the Borough of Shillington. Companies had arrived with smoke showing from a 2 1/2-story duplex of ordinary construction.
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