Posts in category Incidents

Welcome 2019!

January 1, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

All of us at the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to wish you a safe and Happy New Year! Let’s stay safe in 2019. We finished 2018 with 553 calls that covered everything from fires, vehicle crashes, rescues, fire alarms, assisting other departments and assisting the police and public works. This year marked the most [...]

Rescue assist in Birdsboro

December 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 13, shortly after 7p.m. the rescue was dispatched, along with Tower 25(Exeter) to assist Birdsboro(Co7) at the Birdsboro Power Plant, 1 Armorcast Rd. for a high angle rescue. Initial reports were that a worker inside of a compartment was electrocuted. When crews arrived the victim had been removed to th [...]

Structure fire assist to Exeter

December 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly before 7p.m. on December 7 the ladder was dispatched with several other companies to assist on a possible structure fire, reported dryer fire at 3819 Perkiomen Ave. Arriving crews at the house, which is behind Heck Bros. Florist, found heavy smoke and visible fire on the C side of the building and pulled one line.&nbs [...]

Gas odor marks 500th call

November 26, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 25th just before 9p.m. the ladder and rescue were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) at the Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Lane for an odor of natural gas. On arrival several crews metered the building and found no readings of any type. Further investigation found several outdoor propane heaters stored in the basement of wh [...]

Home Depot Kids Workshop

October 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Despite the clouds and an early drizzle, the Ladder & Rescue made the trip to the Exeter Home Depot to meet with units from Exeter, Gibraltar, Geigertown, Brecknock, West Reading, Monocacy, Life Lion EMS, Birdsboro and the Reading Fire Scuba Unit to attend their monthly Kids Workshop. Since October is also the month where Fire Preventio [...]

Goodwill dumpster fire

September 8, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 7th just before 2:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Exeter (Co25) on a reported structure fire at the Goodwill Industries, 3001 St. Lawrence Ave. Additional information from County indicated a dumpster fire. Arriving units quickly confirmed a working compactor/dumpster fire at one end [...]

2 Alarms in Exeter

September 2, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 1 at 8:20p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) and numerous other companies as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at 1201 Pineland Rd. in Exeter. Even before responding, the communications center was advising of multiple calls from as far as a mile away reporting a working fire. First arriving units q [...]

Time for…………&...

August 23, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

WOW! What happened to summer? It seems like just a few minutes ago the kids couldn’t wait for the end of the school year and here it is, time to go back. The Antietam School District has scheduled the start of the new year for Tuesday, August 28th. The crew at Mt. Penn has been kept busy over the summer with all sorts of things lik [...]

Rescue assists on crash

August 7, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 6 at 6:20p.m. the rescue was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) on a vehicle crash at Hill Rd. & Glen Rd. Arriving units found 2 vehicles in the intersection with several people injured. Deputy 4-1(Mountz) directed Engine 4 to handle the vehicles and Rescue 1 to assist EMS with patient care. Additional ambulances were ca [...]

Exeter Assist

July 20, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 19 just after 10:30a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to 100 Gibraltar Rd. to assist Exeter(Co25), as well as several other companies, on a reported structure fire at Natural Pack Inc. Arriving units found a heavy smoke condition in the building with employees evacuating. One line was pulled to the drying oven conveyer belt where boxes an [...]

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