Posts in category News

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 [...]

Early structure response

December 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 28 at 2:39a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with other companies to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) with a reported structure fire at Jake’s Laundry in the 700 block of Carsonia Ave. Arriving units found an in use dryer that had caught fire causing a smoke condition throughout the building. The fire was contained to [...]

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 [...]

Firefighter II

November 4, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Congratulations go out to FF Tyler Neiswender and LT David Okonski for the successful completion of the Firefighter II written and skills test this past weekend. They spent quite a few days studying, reviewing and practicing the needed skills, as well as the bookwork, to pass this course. GREAT JOB & CONGRATULAT [...]

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 [...]

Blandon Structure Fire

October 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 28 just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 357 Lindberg Ave in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units from Blandon (Co12) had heavy fire and smoke showing. The fire was knocked down within 10 minutes and placed under control in 20 minutes. Crews remained on th [...]

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