Fire police manage traffic due to active fire response, Berks County PA
Fire & ArsonFire police managed heavy traffic congestion near Water Street and Ironstone Drive during an active fire response. Several fire tankers and units were released to help reopen the roads and ease traffic flow.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
05:45
Transcript:
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Deputy 17, Chiefs One.
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Chief One.
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Chief One.
00:11
Deputy 13, which units are not committed?
00:17
All right, now I have Tanker 25.
00:22
Tanker 5.
00:24
I don't know who else is down the line.
00:30
Okay,
00:32
you can release 25,
00:34
5,
00:35
and I'll release 34 over radio, and we'll see who's left.
00:40
I think 34 is committed, correct?
00:44
Yeah, they went down to the fill-off.
00:48
Chief 150-34.
00:53
Okay, we've seen.
00:54
We'll release 5 and 25 for now.
01:01
You can run your traffic one intersection down up Water Street.
01:06
Make a right off the 73 to go up Water Street to Mountain Road.
01:10
They're bottlenecking here.
01:11
Some are going straight on Ironstone.
01:13
Some are trying to turn on the terrace.
01:14
We're going to have a wreck here at Terrace in Ironstone.
01:20
Okay.
01:22
Copy.
01:23
Fire Police Lieutenant 97 for Fire Police Captain 19.
01:30
Mark is Captain 97.
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Go ahead.
01:34
Do you have any extra guys that you're in?
01:41
Company is 25 and 5.
01:44
And as far as the PSP Fire Marshal.
01:52
Traffic up, that'd be great.
01:58
It's 97.207.
02:00
It'll be coming.
02:03
Okay.
02:06
I'm actually head at this intersection right up here to keep this traffic flowing here.
02:12
Yeah, he's going to head right over to Chuck.
02:14
He's going to change where he's at.
02:16
That way we don't have that bottle on there anymore, Gregi.
02:21
I'll see that.
02:22
I'll be that.
02:27
And it's 511.
02:34
You can clear some laps and place this responding in place of 2-1 or another way.
02:40
Medic 6-5-2-1 works.
02:46
Copy direct mail.
02:48
6-521's clear, 6-5-11.
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You're on at 1745.
02:59
Happy 95 is available 1745.
03:06
Will we be released as soon as we're filled?
03:13
It's operating out this township.
03:17
The Tanker 25 and Tank 5 can be released,
03:21
and all of Company 79 can be released per Chief One, 1745.
03:27
3.4.
03:33
If you want to work your way back up there, go ahead.
03:39
Thank you.
03:44
Union Street.
03:46
Second floor apartment for elithesis, 1746.
03:54
(number withheld) available.
03:58
746. 746.
04:04
689 is available, switching back to fire A.
04:07
Sutter 79 is available, 1746.
04:14
The conclusion 10 at 606, prime 25.
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Zero 8540 to proceed.
04:21
Zero 8540 on location 1748.
04:30
We're going to take the lift assist on Union Street.
04:35
However, Medicaid 3 is not wanting to be Medic 3.
04:38
It's going to the ambulance 3 going on that call.
04:45
Fire Police Lieutenant 66, the Fire Police Lieutenant 5.
04:49
C-6.
05:00
Perk, CityMatic 1 at ready.
05:03
City Medical 1, I'm ready, 1748.
05:09
5 is getting released.
05:11
Do you want me to go back or do you want me to slide?
05:18
I'd like you to stay and block that intersection for right now until we get more apparatus leaving here that they have skyline cleared.
05:29
Okay, from my end, Tanker 5 just left and 79 just left as well.
05:37
I think 25 is making their turns to leave,
05:42
and then that should pretty much open up from my section where I'm at.
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Location mentioned:
Water St & S Ironstone Dr, Colebrookdale Township, PA 19512
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