Posts by John Eisenhard

L1 assists on 2nd alarm structure fir...

August 23, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 22 just after 3:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched on the second alarm to 3996 Penn Ave. in Sinking Spring boro to assist Western Berks and their mutual aid companies on a working structure fire with entrapment. The first arriving crews encountered a 3 story building with heavy fire showing from the second floor windows with extensio [...]

New Rescue 1

August 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

The members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company recently took delivery of a new to us rescue/engine. It is a 2005 Pierce Lance with a 750 tank and 2000gpm pump with quite a bit more compartment space than the current Rescue 1 which should allow us to easily carry all of our current equipment with space for additional items. Quite a bit of work ha [...]

Exeter Township Structure

August 13, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 11, 2016 about 8:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched on the second alarm as the second Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a working structure fire at 35 Pine Ave. in Exeter Township. Responding companies reported a working fire as they were leaving their stations as the smoke column was quite visible. Once they arrived they found a pol [...]

Assist in Union Twp on structure fire

August 12, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 9, 2016 about 2:20p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the second due Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a working structure fire at 28 Ivy Lane in Union Twp. at the request of Deputy 7 (Rhoads). The first crews on location had fire showing from the rear of the house with extension into the loft area and were able to knock it down quic [...]

Vehicle fire in Mt. Penn

August 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 8, 2016 at 9:30p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co4) were dispatched to 2311 Grant St. for a reported vehicle fire. Deputy 1 (Wertz) arrived first and confirmed a working fire on Beech St. about 4 feet from the Mt. Penn Elementary School and had the call upgraded to a structure assignment which brought the rest of companies 1 & [...]

Commercial Compactor Fire in St. Lawr...

August 4, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 2nd just after 10:30p.m. and not long after crews had returned from National Night Out activities, Engine 1 was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) for a report of a compactor on fire at Goodwill Industries, 3001 St. Lawrence Ave. When E1 arrived they reported a working fire in the compactor/dumpster which was attached to the build [...]

National Night Out in Antietam

August 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On Tuesday August 2nd Mt. Penn, Lower Alsace and Exeter fire companies, along with PennStar, Berks Fire & Water, Klinger’s on Carsonia, Stokesay Castle and many other community organizations and businesses, joined with the Central Berks Regional Police for their annual Night Out at the A-field. It seemed to be in doubt f [...]

Ladder 1 assists Amity on Structure F...

July 28, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 26 about 6:15p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched along with both Amity companies (49 & 6) as well as Birdsboro (Co7), Exeter (Co25) and Earl Twp (Co19) to 119 Old Swede Rd. for a reported structure fire. One of the home’s occupants was cooking when the contents of the pan caught fire and quickly spread to the rest of the [...]

National Night Out

July 27, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 2nd, the Central Berks Regional Police are having their annual National Night Out at the Antietam School District A-Field, Prospect & Byram Streets. Join your neighbors in coming out to meet their officers, ask questions and see what they do for all of us everyday! There will also be several other agencies such as fire and a [...]

Rescue assists Lower Alsace on gas le...

July 23, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 21 at 9:14p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a reported odor of natural gas at 850 Carsonia Ave, Antietam Arms Apartments Building F. Arriving units found a strong gas odor and high levels of carbon monoxide in the building and began evacuating the residents. Deputy 4-1 (Mountz) requested one additional t [...]

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