502 Penn St, Tamaqua Area Middle School, AFA

2251: Tamaqua fire, along with Walker Twp, dispatched to Tamaqua Area Middle School for an Automatic Fire Alarm. County updated call to pull station #1 activation. C773 and C772 arrived on scene with nothing showing. All non responding units to hold in station. School cleared and all units back in service shortly after.

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37 Lafayette St, Smoke In A House

1624: Tamaqua Fire, Rescue and EMS dispatched for Smoke In A House. E776 responded with crew for E775 at station. First unit on scene reported oil burner malfunction, no fire and no smoke condition.  All units cancelled and returned to service.

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502 Penn St.- AFA

1447: Tamaqua Fire, Rescue and EMS, along with District 32, were dispatched to 502 Penn Street, also known as the Tamaqua Area Middle School, for an Automatic Fire Alarm. After arriving on scene, crews found that it was a false alarm within the schools system and crews were released after resetting the system.

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