Posts in category Incidents

Special Message

March 19, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Due to the current situation with the Corona virus in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country it has become necessary to implement some restrictions at the Mt. Penn Fire Company. 1. Access to the station is limited to Mt. Penn Fire Company personnel only. 2. No tours of the station or other public access is permitted at this time. 3. [...]

SOLD OUT!!!

February 25, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

The 52 annual Fastnacht sale has ended-SOLD OUT! It was a busy weekend with the sale and handling of several emergency calls from a 2nd alarm fire in Reading City to a crash in Oley and other incidents in Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace. Mark your calendar for February 13th & 14th, 2021. Thank you so much for your continued s [...]

Fire, fire, fire….Part 2

February 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 13th just before 9p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with other companies including Reading City to assist Exeter Twp (Co25) with a reported structure fire at 246 Vesper Ave. in the township. First arriving units had a large shed/garage on fire with extension to a smaller one nearby. Several l [...]

2nd Alarm Structure in Earl Twp

February 13, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 13 at 11a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched along with several other companies for the 2nd alarm structure fire at 299 Manatawny Rd. in Earl Township. Chief 19 reported a column of smoke from 1/2 mile out and fire through the roof on arrival. Multiple tankers were used to supply water for the fire as crews had stre [...]

Maidencreek Structure Fire

January 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 28, just before 9a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 231 W. Wesner Rd. in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units had heavy fire showing from the porch area at the rear corner. The fire was quickly knocked down and the rest of the building checked for further extension with n [...]

St. Lawrence Structure Fire

January 5, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 5 just before 2:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with other companies to the 200 block of Elm St. for a reported structure fire with entrapment. Arriving units found all occupants safely evacuated and a very smoky fire burning in the basement/garage area. Two lines were used to extinguish the fire which was pla [...]

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 [...]

Pennside Trampoline Tragedy

December 15, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 15 just before noon, Ladder 1 was dispatched to the 800 block of N. 25th St. to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) with a report of a trampoline on power lines. On arrival crews confirmed a large trampoline in a rear yard on the 800 block of Brighton Ave. that was tangled in a tree as well as phone & cable lines. Fort [...]

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 [...]

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