Editing Reading, Pennsylvania (section)

===Fire department===
{{Main|Reading Fire Department}}
[[File:Liberty No 5 Reading PA.jpg|thumb|Reading Fire Museum]]
The city of Reading is protected by the 135 firefighters and paramedics of the Reading Fire and EMS Department (RFD). The RFD operates out of seven fire stations throughout the city. The RFD operates a fire apparatus fleet of five Engine Companies, three Ladder Companies, one Rescue Company, brush unit, and four front-line Medic Ambulances. In 2018, fire units responded to 9,992 incidents. EMS responses totaled 19,505 calls for service.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Department staffing is only two firefighters per apparatus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readingpafire.com/news.html?view=1&id=38406|title=ReadingPaFire.com – News|work=readingpafire.com|access-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150220/http://www.readingpafire.com/news.html?view=1&id=38406|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>