Posts in category Incidents

Mt. Penn Building Collapse

February 11, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 10th at 10p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched to 2311 Grant St. in the boro for a reported building collapse & odor of natural gas. Deputy 1(Eisenhard) arrived and confirmed the dispatch although no natural gas odor was detected and building was unoccupied. Companies worked to secure the area and stood b [...]

Lower Alsace Crash

January 20, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 19th about 3:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with fluids down after a no-injury crash on Skyline Drive approximately 1/4 mile North of List Rd. On arrival units found a single vehicle leaking fluids after striking the wall at high speed. All of the occupants were out & walking around with no ap [...]

Alsace Township Crash

January 7, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 6 just after 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace(Co4), Muhlenberg(Co66) and Ruscombmanor(Co34) to the 200 block of Antietam Rd. for a vehicle crash with injuries. Additional info reported a dump truck into the woods with the driver injured. Arriving units found the scene as described with a loaded tri-axle dum [...]

2nd alarm assist to City

January 4, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 2 just before 11:30p.m. Engine 1 & Rescue 1 were dispatched to assist Reading City on the 2nd alarm for 1240 Chestnut St, structure fire with entrapment. The first arriving city units had heavy fire venting from the 1st floor with extension to the 2nd floor & reports of people still inside. Lines were quickly pulled [...]

Assist to Reading City

December 22, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 19 shortly before 9a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist Reading City at 1103 Spruce St. with a working fire. City units arrived with heavy fire from the first floor and in the process of fighting the fire and searching the vacant structure a firefighter went through the second floor. A mayday was sound [...]

Sad news from the 34 House

December 4, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

The officers & members of Mt. Penn send our sincerest condolences to our brothers & sisters at the top of the hill on the passing of Assistant Chief Eric Fox. “ It is with deep regret that the Ruscombmanor Volunteer Fire Company announces the passing of Assistant Chief Eric Fox on December 3rd after a long and courageous [...]

Alsace Crash

November 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 27 just before 4p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Laureldale (Co13) and Muhlenberg (Co66) to the area of 2929 Pricetown Rd. for a vehicle fire. Berks Radio then advised this was a crash with fire, vehicle into the woods based on additional calls. Chief 13 (Feltenberger) reported a working fire with vehicle into woods on h [...]

Oley Structure Fire

November 15, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 15 at 9:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies for a confirmed working structure fire to the rear of the 300 block of Main St. First arriving units had a well involved multi-bay garage with unknown contents burning. Mt. Penn crews were split with half standing by as the RIT company [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

November 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 at 3:00a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and EMS for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 300 block of Friedensburg Rd. First arriving Captain 1 (Lombardo) reported multiple vehicles but no apparent injuries. A silver sedan lost control and struck a parked vehicle, pushing it into several oth [...]

HEY THERE!

November 10, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Hopefully everybody is doing well. Welcome to Fall! We haven’t been on here too much lately but that doesn’t mean things have stopped for your fire company. We continue to be busy with our raffles which are going well. THANK YOU for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated! We have continued to be busy with ca [...]

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