Posts by John Eisenhard

Busy end to March

April 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Although things seemed to be slower in the past month, the last week of March has been quite busy for Mt. Penn. We have done everything from a medical assist last Saturday to a residential lockout yesterday. In between we have assisted on possible structure fires, stood by at station for neighboring companies, investigated a carbon monoxid [...]

Mt. Penn t-shirts now on sale

March 18, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

If you are interested in purchasing a Mt. Penn Fire Company t-shirt now is the time! Pre-orders for any size & amount of shirts will be taken until April 5 with the money due on the same date. Any orders placed without payment will be cancelled. After April 5th there will be limited quantities and sizes available. The shirts are $15. [...]

Structure fire in Amity

March 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16th, just after 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) on a reported structure fire at 208 Battenkill Dr. in the Amity Gardens area of the township. Additional information indicated it was a fire in a garage that was attached to the house and there was possibly a person trapped. [...]

Spring ahead into daylight savings ti...

March 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend begins daylight savings time. Clocks will be turned ahead one hour at 2a.m. Sunday. This weekend is also an excellent time to check on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to be sure they have new batteries and are working properly. It only takes a few minutes to check all the detectors in your home. They are the be [...]

Two assists for structure fires in 8 ...

March 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 2 about 5:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter, Lower Alsace and City of Reading Engine 5 to 1115 Fox Run in the Mountain Park section of the township for a reported structure fire. Arriving crews had a fire in the front bedroom of this 2 story townhouse and were quickly able to get it knocked down while ventilating and [...]

Vehicle Crash in Mt. Penn

February 29, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 28 just after 1p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (co4) for a reported vehicle into a building at the Mt. Penn Turkey Hill located at 2450 Perkiomen Ave. When Chief 1 (Waldman) arrived he confirmed one vehicle completely inside of the store. The crew from the rescue checked for fluids and structural damage and [...]

L1 assist Robeson on reported structu...

February 26, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 24 at approximately 4:45p.m. L1 was dispatched along with Geigertown, Exeter, Monocacy and Birdsboro to assist Gibralter with a reported structure fire at 1666 Golf Course Rd. in Robeson Township. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived first and reported a working fire. Exeter’s engine and L1 were able to make access up the steep an [...]

Late night and early morning for Mt. ...

February 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 19 just before 10:30p.m. E1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading with a working structure fire at 634 S. 16 1/2 St on the city’s east side. When city crews initially arrived they were confronted with heavy fire in one house with extension and exposure problems in two other houses on this steep a [...]

Vehicle crash in Mt. Penn

February 20, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 19 just before 3:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Co4 (Lower Alsace) to a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 300 block of Friedensburg Rd. in the boro. Once Asst. 1 (Eisenhard) arrived it was determined that R1 was sufficient for the call and E1 and Co4 were returned. The two vehicles had collided at the inter [...]

Busy Tuesday for Mt. Penn

February 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Tuesday was a busy day for Mt. Penn crews and we got to see the weather change from icy roads to pouring rain and wind to some sun and all the temperature changes in between. The day was started shortly before 2a.m. with a call for the ladder and engine to assist Co 25 (Exeter) on a possible structure fire at the Home Depot on Perkiomen Ave. [...]

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