Posts in category Incidents

RIT dispatched to Wyomissing

July 18, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 17 just before 10:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the covering RIT company for a working structure fire at 1629 Museum Rd. in Wyomissing. Arriving units had fire in two rooms on the second floor of a large house that was at the end of a very long driveway. Fortunately they were able to extinguish the fire with one line although [...]

Late night Mt. Penn crash

July 10, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Just after 10:30p.m. on July 9th, Mt. Penn & Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched to the area of Howard Blvd. & Dengler St. in the boro for a crash with unknown injuries. Updated information from County stated that the occupants had apparently fled the scene. Deputy 1-1( Eisenhard) arrived and confirmed the report, also confirming min [...]

HAPPY 4TH!

July 3, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Well here we are in July already! The temperatures are soaring in the past few days and the holiday is almost here. With that said, please do your best to keep cool this week. Drink plenty of water whether you are inside or out, limit heavy outdoor physical activity as much as possible and try to stay in the shade when you are outside! [...]

Lower Alsace Crash

June 28, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 27 just about 2:30p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 1900 block of Butter Lane. Deputy 1-1 (Eisenhard) arrived with one vehicle on its side and the occupant out and uninjured. Deputy 4-1 (Mountz) was provided the updated information and had the units slow to nor [...]

Construction Chaos!

June 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

If you didn’t notice, road construction season is HERE! In the past week signs have magically sprouted just about everywhere in Mt. Penn as projects get underway. In addition to the multitude of detours around the boro, there are other detours in place such as the Harvey Ave. bridge, Gibraltar Rd. bridge and starting next week, the [...]

Two Assists to Lower Alsace

June 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 5 about 12:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to 11 Wilson Ave. to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a person stuck under a vehicle. Arriving crews found that the patient was not trapped anymore but was seriously injured and had been down for an unknown time. Crews assisted EMS with patient packaging so they could transport to the hospital [...]

Just about June

May 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a busy few days here as we wrap up May and get ready to move into June. On May 30 shortly after 8p.m. the ladder was sent to cover Western Berks Fire Station 2 while they were operating at a 2nd alarm structure fire on Water Rd. in Lower Heidelberg Twp. While on standby L1 covered 2 medical assists in South Heidelberg Twp. [...]

Firefighter/EMT Erik Hirner

May 28, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

The members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company extend their deepest sympathy to our brothers and sisters in the Reading Fire Department on the untimely passing of Firefighter Erik Hirner. Erik, who was the C platoon tillerman on Ladder 1 was involved in a motor vehicle crash on his way to work May 25th and suffered injuries that he succumbed to l [...]

Springtime is not always sweet

May 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

May 8th proved to be a beautiful but busy day at Mt. Penn. Just before 6a.m. the Ladder was dispatched to assist Amity (Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire at 551 Old Swede Rd. Units were held at station and then recalled when it was again found out that the venting from the stack was just was normal operating conditions at [...]

A little bit of everything

May 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Thursday turned out to be a busy day at Mt. Penn. About 11:30 we were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported brush fire across from the old caretakers house at Antietam Lake. Arriving personnel found an area of about 75×75 feet burning slowly just off the fire trail. A line was raked around the fire until brush units [...]

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