Construction dust triggers false fire alarms in building, Reading PA


Fire alarms were activating due to dust from construction work near Wayne St in Reading. Responders found these alarms to be false and advised workers to cover detectors to prevent further nuisance alarms.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Middick 7, near Wayne St between Lackalanta and the dead end.
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Nailos Medicalsend 43.
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6. It's going to be dust from construction.
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They're different from the board here.
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They don't have any detector head covers to place on any devices, so I don't know if the head guy in charge here is what I want to work with him.
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All right, if you can hear me, they need to bag the detectors before they continue work.
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The guy here telling me is they don't have any, so...
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Well, then get plastic wrap and tape.
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They need the bag to detectors because the neighborhood is not going to pay for the nuisance alarms.
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Amylix 5515 is that at 10.44.
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The Middardt, Highlands, 2,000 Cambridge Avenue for the Helles Medical.
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The next six, five, one, one in the Michigan, row.
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5,000, Camber Javanow at the Highlands, Room 606, and Alice Michael, then, please.
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You can attempt it, I'm not sure if it's going to.
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All right, six radio.
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Narthix.
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Department 1009, detector was no cause, 11.06 was construction tests.
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Now we're trying to get through the constructing people to the bad detectors.
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1009, no cause, 10.06 construction dust.
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You're going to get in the bad news, etc.
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Location mentioned:
Near Wayne St, Reading, PA 19601
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