Posts in category Incidents

Easter Sunday fire in Birdsboro

April 17, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 16, Easter Sunday, just before 3p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched on the assist to Birdsboro (C07) for a reported structure/furnace fire at 123 Cinder St. The first arriving unit from Co 7 reported heavy smoke and fire at the door and made it a working fire. Within 10 minutes a second alarm was called for additional companies which sent [...]

Structure fire in Oley

April 9, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 8, shortly after 7p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Earl (Co19), Amity (Co49), Boyertown (Co95), Alsace Manor (Co8), Ruscombmanor (Co34) and Fleetwood (Co45) to 3197 W. Philadelphia Ave (Route 73) for a confirmed working structure fire. Arriving units found a single house with fire on the first floor and laid a supply line fr [...]

Jump start to April

April 3, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 2 at 9:45a.m. the engine was dispatched to assist the City of Reading on a second alarm structure fire in the 200 block of S. 11th St., Box 602. Arriving units had a 4 story vacant warehouse at 213 S. 11th St. with heavy fire on the top floor of the former Letisse Handbags/L&B Metals building. Command reported exterior operation [...]

Assist to LA on vehicle crash

March 21, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 20th shortly before 2:30p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a vehicle crash with entrapment at Angora Rd. & Wanner Rd. The arriving personnel found 1 vehicle into a yard at that location with the driver unable to get out due to injuries as well as heavy damage to the doors. Crews used the hydraulic t [...]

Exeter Structure Fire

March 15, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 15 just before 8:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and a Reading City engine to 46 W 33rd St (Exeter Station 2) for a reported structure fire. Additional info gave it as behind their station on the hill. The address was corrected to 98 W. Neversink Rd. by arriving crews who had a working residential fire [...]

One fire leads to another

March 6, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Sunday began shortly before 12:30p.m. when Mt. Penn was dispatched for the RIT company to assist Exeter Twp. (Co25) at 6302 Perkiomen Ave. for a working structure fire. First arriving crews found a house well involved with access being made down a long dirt lane off of Route 422. The Rescue 1 crew assisted with moving equipment back to the [...]

Assist to Monocacy on Structure Fire

March 5, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 4th just before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company, along with Amity (Co’s 6 & 49), Birdsboro (Co7) and Exeter (Co25) for a reported structure fire at 54 Monocacy Creek Rd. in Amity Twp. The first arriving units confirmed a working fire in an old farmhouse under renovation and requested additional tankers wh [...]

Reported kitchen fire in Mt. Penn

February 7, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 6 shortly before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro (Co7), Oley (Co5) and the City of Reading to 2048 Fairview Ave. for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. On arrival Deputy 1 (Wertz) reported heavy smoke and made it a working incident with everybody out of the ho [...]

Lower Alsace vehicle crash

February 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 1 just after 10;15p.m. and shortly after returning from a medical assist call in Mt. Penn, the rescue was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a vehicle crash in the area of Skyline Dr. and List Rd that was reported as a vehicle flipped over with multiple patients. Arriving crews found the heavily damaged vehicle on its r [...]

New rescue truck in service

January 28, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Mt. Penn’s “new to us” rescue has been placed in service as of January 27 when it returned from getting the final work done on the steering, suspension and equipment mounting. Several members are already qualified on driving and operating it and the remaining ones should be done within a few weeks. The officers would like [...]

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