Rechargeable battery overheats and emits smoke at college building, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to an alarm at Alumni Memorial Hall at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. The cause was a rechargeable battery that overheated and emitted smoke on the third floor. The battery was safely removed outside. No fire spread or injuries occurred.
Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Trench Engine One, Ladder One, Albright College, Alumni Memorial Hall, near Union Street, close to north 13th and Palm Streets.
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The Democratic Fire reported third floor office,
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1153.
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Engine I on EMS, you can clear us from the high school.
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We'll put it over to fire within the end up in the street.
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Where you see engine I, 1153?
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Engine 7, the radio fire rocks too.
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Engine 7.
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We'll get old for training.
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Engine 7 of all of training, 1154.
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Radio and engine 1.
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Go ahead. Go ahead.
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Anjuan, you can recall from Walbright College, NG9, cleared their medical call and handling.
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Receives available.
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Andrew available 154.
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Number one.
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Number one, 1355, you're in your street.
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The item 155.
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The item 55.
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The car seven, I'm notary, 1324.
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4-7 monitoring 1155 from John's controls, Office 302 Alpha alarm, they are attempting.
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Middix 7, right to running off-full.
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9x7 in route writing, 1155.
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Engine-9 radio.
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And you none.
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We're on scene.
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Um,
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it's an active construction site.
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So I might take us a minute to get to the panel.
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All right a scene man, did not on location active construction site, delayed into the panel 1156.
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I have a car sound.
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Good.
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Second, third floor office 3802 alpha reports of a rechargeable battery that's smoking.
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All right, okay.
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C-B1 29, 2, 600, Inrich, Redding.
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TAMO-9 spot to 10 about rating,200.
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Engine 9 cars 7.
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Good.
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You have an odor in a light haze on the third floor.
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He said that he removed the battery to the outside, so we're trying to find it on that.
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All right.
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You need a fan.
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He's in my car, Kevin.
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We're going to try to restore.
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All right, so we don't need the fan.
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We don't need the ladder.
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No,
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I think we'll be good.
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Alright, the ladder won't expect.
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I denied to define the battery.
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We got the batteries.
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We got the batteries outside in the concrete.
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It's small.
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Finally.
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One of the half by three inches.
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It's pretty cool with the touch now.
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I think it was battery going to hot metal the plastic casing around it.
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Okay. And they're aware there is not here for a good level off?
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Yeah.
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Down's good.
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7 already.
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R7.
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Overheated battery in 302, south side.
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He can clearly.
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The engine 9 will go available on the right.
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Chris E47, overheated battery is cleared.
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You're available, 1203.
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Reading, PA 19604
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