Smoke in basement caused by washing machine malfunction, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a smoke condition in the basement of a building near Cedar St. The smoke was caused by a malfunctioning washing machine belt. Ventilation was started to clear the smoke and some units were recalled.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 9 to responding units, very late smoke condition in the basement, haven't identified a source.
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Okay.
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All right, the radio.
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All right, the radio.
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Go ahead.
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Reduce the assignment to one-one-one.
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Copy one-one and one, 1828.
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Here, which is EMS in one time to continue in or can it recall as well?
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Taking a player, too.
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5553G copy.
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Oh, yeah,
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no.
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5551 available, or three, whatever in the environment.
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Pedic 5553 are available 1829.
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Percrast amount to 728 Wall Street for the Box.
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Recall[1], the exception of engines 9, ladder 3, and the rescue.
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1829. All right.
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21 in command.
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Good.
01:26
Just double-checking a little wiring, but it does appear at the toy washer malfunction, so we're going to see about getting ventilation started.
01:45
Okay, to confirm it does seem to be the belt and you're going to start ventilating, correct?
01:54
Yeah.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Recall: Cancel the assignment and return units to service
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Location mentioned:
Near Cedar St, Reading, PA 19601
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