Posts by John Eisenhard

Close call in Mt. Penn

May 9, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 9th shortly before 11:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace, Oley, Exeter, Reading City and Birdsboro units to the 100 block of S. 20th St. for a reported structure fire. PD reported smoke showing and arriving units found a large pile of construction debris next to the front porch on fire with fire beginning to sprea [...]

RIT Crew responds to Exeter

May 2, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2nd shortly after 2a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Exeter(Co25) and several other companies for a possible structure fire at Total Recycle located at 1270 Lincoln Rd. in the township. Chief 25(Bickings) reported smoke in the building on his arrival and was advised of a fire in the sorting/conveyor machine th [...]

Another Mt. Penn wreck

April 24, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 24th just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched along with EMS to the 2400 block of Perkiomen Ave. for a vehicle vs pole crash. Arriving units found a white SUV that had completely sheared a pole and came to rest on the sidewalk across from the Turkey Hill store. There were live wires down as well. Fortu [...]

3 Vehicle Crash in Mt. Penn

April 23, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 23rd about 12:15p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched along with EMS for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries at Perkiomen Ave. and Butter Ln. Arriving units found a 3 vehicle chain reaction crash with large amounts of fluid and debris down. Fortunately none of the occupants were injured and all signed refusals with [...]

Raffles are back!

March 24, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Yes they are! We know many of you have been patiently waiting for this! As of a few days ago the Mt. Penn Fire Company raffles are back! We are starting slow but will be working our way up so be sure to check things out at and follow Mt. Penn Fire Company on Facebook.https://mpfd.betterworld.org/giveaways/week-1-raffle-1 Here is some i [...]

Cumru Brush Fire

March 22, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 21st shortly before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Reading City and other companies to a reported brush fire near Klapperthal Junction in Cumru Twp. Some units went out S. 9th St. to make access from the city side while other units went to Poplar Neck Rd. near the old Titus Station. Arriving units found a working [...]

CARBON MONOXIDE PROBLEM

March 21, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 20th just after 9:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter Twp(Co25) to the Autozone in St. Lawrence for an odor of gas in the building. Arriving units had 50+ parts per million(ppm) of carbon monoxide on entry to the store. Further monitoring of the store led to readings of almost 100ppm. The source was traced to a stora [...]

Time to Spring Ahead

March 9, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Hard to believe it but we have almost made it through the winter season. Spring is just over a week away! We change the clocks Saturday night and as we SPRING AHEAD one hour and you get started on spring cleaning the ole homestead don’t forget to change your batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Having working [...]

FASTNACHTS—-SOLD OUT!!!

March 1, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Our 54th annual fastnacht sale is SOLD OUT! We are finished up until next year, February 18th and 19th. The officers and members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to say THANK YOU for your patronage and indulgence in making this sale another success. We look forward to seeing you all next year.

Fastnacht update

February 26, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

It looks like our 54th annual fastnacht sale will continue tomorrow, Sunday February 27th. We will start at 8a.m. and continue until we are sold out. Available quantities are VERY LIMITED so if you didn’t stop and see us today, tomorrow is your last chance to get delicious fastnachts until next year.

2026
Month	Fire Calls	Total
January	0	0
February	0	0
March	0	0
April	0	0
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0
Totals	0	0

Working Fires	0

2025					470
2024					685
2023					727
2022					683