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The Reading Fire Department was formed on March 17, 1773, as a volunteer fire department known as the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company. [7] By 1914 the department had grown to include 14 separate volunteer companies. Today, the department operates out of 7 fire stations, including 1 EMS Station.
The service operates 16 fire stations – 12 of which are crewed by wholetime firefighters and four use retained firefighters. [2] The community fire station at Theale, which opened in 2021, is also a base for South Central Ambulance Service and Thames Valley Police. [5] It replaced the former Dee Road (Reading) and Pangbourne fire stations. [5]
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is the ambulance service for the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and most of Hampshire. [note 1] It is a foundation trust of the National Health Service, and one of ten NHS ambulance trusts in England. As of August 2022, SCAS is currently rated Inadequate by the ...
Two people have been taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation
The former Reading Municipal Building is a historic building at 49 Pleasant Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1885, this two-story brick building was the town's first municipal structure, housing the town offices, jail, and fire station. In 1918 all functions except fire services moved out of the building. [2]
A 38-year-old Reading man was sentenced to eight months in prison this month for dangerous driving and obstructing an emergency vehicle, Thames Valley Police said.Albert Butler pleaded guilty to ...
The department has a total of four stations split into two battalions. Battalion 301, which is home to station 301, is at Reagan-National while Battalion 302, home to stations 302, 303 and 304, are located at Dulles International. [5] As of January 2018 this is a list of apparatus in use by the department: [3]
Established during 1989 in an attic room at the old Dukeries Maternity Centre, the station was officially opened by Jeremy Beadle in 1990. The studios later moved into the Trust's administrative building. [8] [9] The ambulance station, operated by the East Midlands Ambulance Service, opened in 1981 is located nearby on the A38 road. [3]