Posts in category Community

Fastnacht time!

February 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Probably the best news all year! The 52nd annual Fastnacht sale will be taking place Saturday the 22nd from 8a.m.-4p.m. and Sunday the 23rd from 8a.m. until sold out or 4p.m. (whichever comes first). If you prefer convenient drive up service you can stop by the intersection of 23rd St. & Perkiomen Ave. This location is for [...]

Happy New Year!

January 2, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Last year saw us even busier than 2018 with a total of 656 calls for service in 2019. This represents our highest amount of calls in a single year……EVER! These calls included crashes, fires, alarms, loose trampolines, medical calls and a whole lot of [...]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 24, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

As the final week of this year comes to a close, the members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! We hope this past year has been a good one for everybody. Have a wonderful holiday with friends and family and always be safe. We look forward to seeing everybody next year. [...]

Santa Claus is coming soon

December 17, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On Saturday, December 21st that jolly old elf, SANTA CLAUS will be making his rounds around Mt. Penn on a fire truck! He will begin around 6p.m. from the fire station so when you see the lights and hear the siren go outside and give him a wave!

Time to light the tree

December 7, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Turkey Day

November 27, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Hard to believe Thanksgiving is upon us. The holiday season typically presents an increase in calls for service. Though we appreciate the support of each one of you and we have been making house calls since 1905, we don’t want you to be one of our holiday visits. In preparation for Thanksgiving and Christmas be sure that your oven [...]

Brrrr

November 13, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the temperatures sure have taken a plunge in the past few days. We are hoping that everybody had their furnaces and wood stoves & chimneys serviced for the heating season. If you didn’t….NOW IS THE TIME! A properly operating heating system will prevent fires and carbon monoxide problems and help en [...]

Time for Change

November 1, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s that time of the year again! Time to turn the clocks back one hour Sunday at 2a.m. If you are not going to be awake at that time like most of us, turn your clocks back one hour when you go to bed Saturday night. With all that extra time on your hands it is a great time to change the batteries in your smoke and ca [...]

Fire Prevention Week 2019

October 5, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the kids have been back to school for over a month, there is a cooler and crisper air and the days are getting shorter so that means it must be fire prevention week! The theme from NFPA this year is “Not every hero wears a cape. PLAN and PRACTICE your ESCAPE! It’s purpose is to recognize the everyda [...]

Catching Up

September 22, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

There hasn’t been a whole lot going on the past several weeks with summer winding down & such and some of us taking well deserved vacations. On September 12 Engine 1 was dispatched to the 200 block of Rummels Ct. in Reading to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. The crew assisted city crews with overhaul of the involv [...]

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