City of Reading (PA)

READING CITY INFORMATION

Reading Police Department

The Reading Police Department, since January 1, 2010, patrols the City of Reading and the directly connected Kenhorst Borough.
No current information is available on the identifiers or most of the operations of the Reading Police Department.

There is an audio file available at http://rapidshare.com/files/329468698/08MAY2006RPD.rar that was recorded on May 8, 2006 when the Reading trunked system was down for repair that has 13 minutes and 45 seconds (condensed from 1 hour by removing silences) of RPD dispatch operations including a stolen vehicle and suspect chase. No other files have surfaced of this type.

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Reading Department of Fire and Rescue Services

Information provided by ReadingPaFire.com
Stations and Apparatus

Rainbow - Junior
8th & Court Station (Center City)
Engine 1 - 2008 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 gallon booster tank, rescue style body
Engine 13 - 2008 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 gallon booster tank, rescue style body
Brush 2 - 2001 Ford /KME - 200 gpm / 250 gallon booster tank, bumper mounted winch

Keystone - Neversink
3rd & Court Station (Central West)
Engine 3 - 2008 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Reserve Engine 8 - 1996 Saulsbury - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Ladder 1 - 1997 Simon / LTI - 100' tractor-drawn aerial ladder
Brush 3 - 1984 International /KME - 1000 gpm, 500 Booster Tank
Reserve Engine 14 - 1988 KME - Twin to engine 14, in use until construction of Southwest Station is completed

Liberty Station (Southside)
5th & Laurel Streets
Engine 5 - 2002 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Brush 1 - 1980 Car-Mar - 250 gpm, 200 Gallon Booster Tank, Bumper Mounted Winch
Scuba 1 - 1972 Ford - Cascade System, Scuba Gear
Scuba 2 - WWII Lark - Unit operates on land & water

Marion - Hampden
9th & Marion Station (North East)
Engine 9 - 2008 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Ladder 3 - 2009 KME - 100' tractor-drawn aerial ladder, carries backup Hurst system

Schuylkill - Riverside Station (North West)
West Spring & McKnight Streets
Engine 11 - 2008 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Reserve Engine 12 - 1999 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body
Hazmat 1 - 1989 Chevy Top-Kick / HESSE - Carries department hazmat equipment
Reserve Ladder 2 - 1996 Simon/LTI - 100' tractor-drawn aerial ladder
Reserve Ambulance 5 - 1994 Wheeled Coach - Type II BLS unit, last remaining former AMR unit
Ambulance 6 - 2004 National - Type III BLS unit
Hi-Ex Foam Trailer - High-expansion foam generator Future Engine 14 - 2000 KME - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body. Will be used by the company after the completion of Southwest Station

Friendship - Reading Hose
Plum & Franklin Station (South Central)
Rescue 1 - 2007 KME - 6 vessel cascade system, hurst system, bumper mounted tools
Reserve Rescue 2 - 1993 Mack / Saulsbury - 6 vessel cascade system, backup hurst system
Tower 1 - 2003 ALF / LTI - 75' ladder-tower, 3 vessel cascade system
Reserve Engine 2 - 1996 Saulsbury - 1500 GPM, 500 Booster Tank, Rescue Style Body

Oakbrook Station (18th Ward)
630 Park Avenue
Engine 14 - 1988 KME - 1000 GPM, 300 gallon booster tank

EMS Station (Center City)
Walnut & Reed Streets
Medic 1 - 2006 AEV - Type III
Medic 2 - 2006 AEV - Type III
Medic 3 - 2006 AEV - Type III
Reserve Medic 4 - 2006 AEV - Type III
Wheelchair Transport Units - Various Years
MCI Trailer - 2007 - Loaded with regions mass casualty supplies

• Reserve Apparatus, available for OOS units & extra alarms
  

• Brush units & hazmat unit cross-manned
  

• Scuba Team not affiliated with career firefighters
  

EXTRA INFO

City Notes

2009.12.10 - WFMZ-TV staffer confirms WFMZ's Reading newsroom has Reading TRS radio capable of monitoring RPD.

Why can't the public request the same thing from the city? I guess no one has tried.

(QUESTION: Now that RPD has rebanded, can someone confirm nothing has changed regarding RPD TAC2?)

Reading police TG 16112, PD Tac 2, is operating digital but not encrypted.

Note: Confirmed through monitoring summer 2009 that there is clear traffic on Tac 2. Unsure if this is clear all the time or if there is an error in the programming of some of the radios (i.e. encryption selectable instead of strapped) that allows for accidental clear traffic. - B Russell