And for 25 years, Reading Fire EMS has been answering those calls. 2026 marks 25 years since emergency medical services officially came back under the Reading Fire Department. Today, that service ...

Former fire chief remembered for steady leadership and preserving history and chronicling the response to and lessons from ...

The Reading Fire Department has a new leader. At a City Hall news conference attended by department heads throughout his administration, Mayor Eddie Moran introduced Robert Leonard II as the new chief ...

Reading’s highest-ranking women in the police and fire departments, and two outside experts, all independently agreed that the city should not specifically recruit women to fix the gap. The goal, they ...

Lt. Rebecca Zentmyer is the only professional female firefighter in Reading. This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good ...

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