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Fall has arrived!

September 25, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a long summer at Station 1 with our dayroom renovations. Hot & humid too as the “temporary” dayroom was out on the apparatus floor which doesn’t have air conditioning. The crew made do with a fan or two to keep air moving. Not very relaxing at all! Now we can see the end is in sight. Only a fe [...]

Brief Recap

September 11, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

Just when things seemed to be settling down with the kids back to school and the Labor Day holiday behind us the area was hit with severe storms again which brought down trees, wires and poles. Fortunately, there was no flooding as with the July storms. Many areas from Lower Alsace up the mountain into Alsace Township suffered power out [...]

Passing of Former Chief

August 27, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

It is with great sadness that the Mt. Penn Fire Company announces the passing of current member and past Fire Chief Dennis Swartz on August 25th. We extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to Dennis’s family. Visitation will be held on August 31st from 10 to 11am at the Feeney Funeral Home (625 N 4th St Reading) with services [...]

Friday Night Fire

July 29, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 28th shortly after 10p.m. on this warm and humid night, Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Blandon(Co12) with a reported structure fire at 6 Irish Mountain Rd. in Alsace Township. Arriving units had heavy fire and smoke showing and reported all occupants safely evacuated. Several lines were pul [...]

Almost there!

July 28, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

Renovations on the station are progressing well. It’s been a long month with lots of work accomplished by the contractors and the truck crew. The new floors are in, and the painting is complete! New chairs have been delivered along with the cabinets and appliances. In the next few weeks things should be finished up and we can start [...]

Water, water everywhere

July 10, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 9th our area experienced severe and prolonged rain starting in the early afternoon and continuing until evening which quickly caused Antietam Creek to overflow which appears to be the root cause of most of the problems that arose in the Antietam area. During this storm Mt. Penn, along with Exeter(Co25), Lower Alsace(Co4) and several [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

June 30, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

We had a busy afternoon and early evening at Station 1. Several calls were taken care of including a medical assist and some trees on wires. However, at 5:22p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace, Oley, Reading City, Birdsboro and Exeter to the 2500 block of Grant St. for a reported stove fire with flames visible. En [...]

Pardon our dust…renovations Und...

June 21, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

We are not testing missiles here but soon enough parts of Station 1 will have a new look! We have been in our current location for almost 30 years and have decided to do some work to upgrade things in our meeting room, office and dayroom areas to bring it up to more modern standards. Members have been very busy doing lots of planning, [...]

CONGRATULATIONS DANA!

June 5, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On Friday, June 2nd several members of the truck crew and apparatus travelled to the Jr/Sr High School to join with Lower Alsace(Co4) and Central Berks Regional Police for the Antietam graduation parade. Prior to the parade kicking off members saw the graduation of truck crew member Dana Gill. Dana has been with Mt. Penn since she star [...]

Memorial Day

May 27, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

Memorial Day weekend is here! Despite the temperatures that may suggest otherwise it is the unofficial start of the summer season. There will be parades, cookouts, pool openings and parties all across this nation. We hope everybody has a great time and safe time with family and friends! During this holiday weekend it is important t [...]

Month	Monthly Total
January	52
February	50
March	77
April	54
May	50
June	65
July	64
August	40
September
October
November
December
Total For The Year	452