Posts in category Incidents

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 [...]

Mohnton Structure Fire

November 14, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 just after 6:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a working structure fire at the Mohnton Fire Company Social Quarters located at 100 E. Summit Ave. in Mohnton Boro. Originally this came in as a fire alarm and the first arriving units confirmed a working fire which brought additional resources to the scene f [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Structure fire assist in Union

October 12, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 11 shortly before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with numerous companies from Chester & Montgomery Counties, as the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a structure fire in Union Township to assist Birdsboro/Union FD (Co7). Arriving units at 335 Woodglen Rd. found a well involved house fire that quickly caused t [...]

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 [...]

Lower Alsace Entrapment

August 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 29th just before 3p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at the intersection of Prospect St. & Brighton Ave. for a vehicle crash reported with entrapment. Command also added Rescue 25(Exeter Twp) to the call. Arriving crews found 2 vehicles with a pickup truck on its side and the driver trapped. C [...]

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