Posts in category Incidents

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 [...]

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 [...]

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