Posts in category Incidents

Assist to Oley on structure fire with...

April 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just before 1:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Oley (Co5) on a structure fire with reported entrapment at 653 Main St. in the Village of Oley. The first arriving units found a working fire on the second floor of the residence and confirmed that one person was trapped. Chief 5 (Kline) struck a second alarm as wel [...]

Assist to Robeson Township on structu...

April 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 about 2:30p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire involving a garage at 71 Fountain Dr. in Robeson Twp. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived and reported the structure, which was actually a storage shed, on the ground but a quickly spreading brush fire that was a result of the original fire. The respondin [...]

Vehicle crash in Mt. Penn

April 7, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 5 just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) to the 300 block of Carsonia Ave. for a vehicle crash. Asst. 1 (Eisenhard) arrived quickly and reported 2 vehicles but no patient as the driver had fled the scene. On further investigation it was found to be one vehicle that had lost control and crashed into [...]

Busy end to March

April 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Although things seemed to be slower in the past month, the last week of March has been quite busy for Mt. Penn. We have done everything from a medical assist last Saturday to a residential lockout yesterday. In between we have assisted on possible structure fires, stood by at station for neighboring companies, investigated a carbon monoxid [...]

Structure fire in Amity

March 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16th, just after 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) on a reported structure fire at 208 Battenkill Dr. in the Amity Gardens area of the township. Additional information indicated it was a fire in a garage that was attached to the house and there was possibly a person trapped. [...]

Spring ahead into daylight savings ti...

March 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend begins daylight savings time. Clocks will be turned ahead one hour at 2a.m. Sunday. This weekend is also an excellent time to check on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to be sure they have new batteries and are working properly. It only takes a few minutes to check all the detectors in your home. They are the be [...]

Two assists for structure fires in 8 ...

March 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 2 about 5:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter, Lower Alsace and City of Reading Engine 5 to 1115 Fox Run in the Mountain Park section of the township for a reported structure fire. Arriving crews had a fire in the front bedroom of this 2 story townhouse and were quickly able to get it knocked down while ventilating and [...]

Vehicle Crash in Mt. Penn

February 29, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 28 just after 1p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (co4) for a reported vehicle into a building at the Mt. Penn Turkey Hill located at 2450 Perkiomen Ave. When Chief 1 (Waldman) arrived he confirmed one vehicle completely inside of the store. The crew from the rescue checked for fluids and structural damage and [...]

L1 assist Robeson on reported structu...

February 26, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 24 at approximately 4:45p.m. L1 was dispatched along with Geigertown, Exeter, Monocacy and Birdsboro to assist Gibralter with a reported structure fire at 1666 Golf Course Rd. in Robeson Township. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived first and reported a working fire. Exeter’s engine and L1 were able to make access up the steep an [...]

Late night and early morning for Mt. ...

February 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 19 just before 10:30p.m. E1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading with a working structure fire at 634 S. 16 1/2 St on the city’s east side. When city crews initially arrived they were confronted with heavy fire in one house with extension and exposure problems in two other houses on this steep a [...]

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