Posts by John Eisenhard

Assist to Blandon on Structure Fire

December 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 30 just before 1:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at Super Duper Seafood, 8472 Allentown Pike in Maidencreek Township. Berks County Communications advised of a call from an employee stating fire in the basement as well as a call indicating a fire alarm from the location. Initially a [...]

Eagle Scout Award

November 26, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Congratulations to Junior Firefighter Kerry Wolf on his receiving the Eagle Scout, the highest award in scouting, from the Boy Scouts of America, Hawk Mountain Council recently. Kerry has been involved in the fire company for several years. He has completed over 30 merit badges, an Eagle Scout project and received several other awards duri [...]

Assist to RFD on brush fire

November 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 21 just after 7:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for additional manpower to assist the City of Reading and numerous other companies on a working brush fire in the area behind Reading High School. The initial arriving companies had a working brush fire on arrival which quickly spread up the mountain as well as moving north and south [...]

Kiddie Night Hawk smoke alarm recall

November 13, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

We know many of you have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your homes. This recall involves a particular model that is a combination smoke/CO alarm. If you have this model as described below please make arrangements to replace it as soon as possible in order to keep you and your families safe. Kidde is recalling 3.6 million smoke alarms i [...]

Assist to Exeter on crash

November 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 8, just before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) at Shelbourne Rd. and Pennsylvania Ave. in the township for a vehicle crash with entrapment. On arrival Exeter found one vehicle that had gone off the road and apparently rolled over, trapping both occupants. When Mt. Penn arrived they assisted in removing the [...]

Steady Sunday

November 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This past Sunday was started at the station with the crew stripping and cleaning out the old Rescue 1 in preparation for getting the new Rescue 1 in service. A great turn out made this job much easier and it was finished up by early afternoon. Shortly after 3p.m. the Engine was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 107 Old Spies Chur [...]

Daylight savings time ends-Check your...

November 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend daylight savings time will come to an end at 2a.m on Sunday, November 6. While you are changing all of the clocks in your house back one hour we ask that you also change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. It seems like a small thing but having fresh batteries ensures that you and your family can get the [...]

Mt. Penn assists on rescue

October 24, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22 shortly after noon, Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a rescue in the area of Klapperthal Junction along the train tracks. A male had been climbing the rocks there and had slipped and fallen about 20ft causing leg and ankle injuries several hours earlier. His exact location was unknown so Deputy 4 (Yohn) [...]

Amity structure fire

October 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 21 about 11:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) as the RIT company to 66 Mildred Ave. in Amity Twp. for a reported structure fire. Berks Radio had advised they received numerous calls reporting smoke and flames from the address. First arriving units found a well involved mobile home with visib [...]

Rush hour vehicle crash

October 19, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 18 just before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace) to the 2400 block of Perkiomen Ave. in the Boro for a vehicle vs a pole. R1 arrived within a few minutes and confirmed the dispatch with the location being N. 25th St. and Perkiomen Ave. Once E1 arrived it was determined that E4 could return a [...]

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