Posts by John Eisenhard

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

November 27, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The year is rapidly drawing to a close and it’s already Thanksgiving! Cooler weather is here and the leaves are almost all down, football season is more than halfway done and November is just about gone. Christmas is just around the corner. As we get ready for the holiday season we want everybody to be safe. Kitchen/cooking f [...]

THANK YOU!

November 15, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Today we were fortunate to receive a donation at the station from Twisters Elite Allstars that included cooling items, snacks and drinks. It is much appreciated by all of the members. This past week has been rather busy around town with the big fire on Neversink Mountain making most of the headlines. Rest assured that we have been [...]

Let’s go back in time!

November 1, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s that time of year already! Time to fall back Saturday night and turn all of those clocks in your home BACK 1 hour before going to bed so you can wake up on time for whatever you have planned on Sunday morning. It’s also time, if you still have smoke and CO alarms with replaceable batteries, to change them. Working detecto [...]

Alsace Rubbish Fire

October 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 29th, shortly before 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies to Peach Lane in Alsace Township for a possible structure fire with the additional of a burn pit out of control and near a large shed. First arriving units found an approximately 20x40ft area at the rear of a property on Old State Rd. burn [...]

Burn Ban

October 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Due to the lack of any rainfall for over a month now, Alsace Township, Mt. Penn Boro and Lower Alsace Township have enacted a total burn ban UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. This means that you are not allowed to burn anything or have any type of outside fire, including backyard fire pits, chimineas and the like. Gas grills and charcoal grills fo [...]

Keeping Busy

October 27, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The past 2 weeks have been busy for the guys and girls at the fire company. We have been to several fire prevention events at local schools where this year’s theme of “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” was reinforced with hundreds of young students in our coverage area. They also got to see fire apparatus up c [...]

Ruscombmanor 2nd Alarm

October 8, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On Oct 6th just before 1:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT, along with several other companies to the 400 block of Oley Rd. in Ruscombmanor Township for a reported structure fire. It was quickly upgraded to a second alarm by Chief 34 as a column of smoke was visible from miles away. This brought Engine 1 to the scene as well as several [...]

Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!

October 6, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Yep, it’s Fire Prevention week from Oct 6th to the 12th this year. We hope you all have smoke detectors in your home. If you don’t, please get them and get them installed and working as soon as you can. They can and will save your life as well as the lives of loved ones! We recently had a fire in Mt. Penn in which the smo [...]

Mt. Penn Structure

September 22, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 22nd just before 3a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies to 9 Pennwyn Terrace in the Boro for a reported deck on fire in the rear of the residence. First arriving units confirmed a working fire with extension into the house. Fortunately all occupants were able to safely evacuate. Several lines were [...]

Labor Day and Back to School

September 1, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the last “official” weekend of summer is upon us. Summer sure flew by! We hope all of you have a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend with friends and family! Although most schools started last week, there has been a slight delay at Antietam due to construction. Antietam students will return on September 3rd this 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