Posts in category Incidents

Barn Fire assist in Richmond Twp

December 10, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Courtesy of Fleetwood Fire Co. On December 8 about 10:45pm Mt. Penn was dispatched to 2505 Moselem Springs Rd. in Richmond Twp. on the second alarm for RIT at a working structure fire. The first arriving crews from Walnuttown (Co32) and Fleetwood (Co45) had arrived with a well involved barn fire that was extending to other structures that ho [...]

Rescue and HazMat trailer assist Lowe...

November 11, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 10 about 10:45a.m. the rescue truck was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) in the area of Antietam Rd. & Lewis Rd. for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. On arrival crews found a small SUV that had struck the guard rail and then went over the embankment, coming to rest at the shoreline of Antietam Lake. Fortunately [...]

L1 assists Amity

November 9, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 8 at 10p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Amity Twp(Co 49 & 6) with a possible structure fire at Amity Manor, 1131 W. Ben Franklin Highway (Route 422). Those companies had originally been sent for a fire alarm and had arrived to find a smoke condition in the building which then upgraded the assignment bringin [...]

Ladder 1 assists City of Reading

October 23, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22, just before 4a.m. L1 was requested on the 3rd alarm to cover for L10 to Box 9-03 at 645 N 9th. St for a working fire involving multiple residences. City crews were confronted with heavy fire in the rear of the structures on their arrival with significant extension. They also removed a semi responsive individual from one of t [...]

Early morning vehicle fire

October 18, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 17 shortly after 1:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co 4) to the 600 block of S. 20th St. in the boro for a reported vehicle fire. As crews were responding dispatch advised that the police were on location with a well involved vehicle which Deputy 1 (Wertz) confirmed upon his arrival. The crew from Engine [...]

Alsace Township Crash

October 17, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 16 just about 6p.m. the rescue was dispatched to the 500 block of Antietam Rd. in Alsace Township to assist Co8 (Alsace Manor) for a vehicle crash, unknown injuries and a pole struck with wires down. On arrival the crews found one vehicle with heavy front end damage and a pole completely sheared off with numerous power, phone and [...]

Busy Columbus Day for Mt. Penn

October 13, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Columbus Day turned out to be busy for the Mt. Penn crew. It started with a possible structure fire in Amity Township in the vicinity of 551 Old Swede Rd. which turned out to be a normal condition from a manufacturing plant. There have been numerous calls to this location in the past and crews were shortly recalled by the officer in charge [...]

E1 assists on second alarm in Reading

September 30, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 29th right at midnight, E1 was dispatched to 1036 Buttonwood St. in the City of Reading to assist on a second alarm structure fire. City crews had arrived earlier with a well involved residence. They discovered the fire had spread to the next house at 1034 Buttonwood St. as well. The E1 crew assisted with extinguishment and o [...]

Vehicle Crash

September 23, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Early on September 22 Mt. Penn, along with Lower Alsace (Co4) was dispatched to the 2200 block of Perkiomen Ave. in the boro for a vehicle crash. Shortly before this Central Berks Police had become aware of a suspicious vehicle in the Lower Alsace area and were in the process of locating it for further investigation. The vehicle had attemp [...]

Reading 120 Bike Race

September 15, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On Saturday, September 12 the fire company, along with several other agencies and volunteers provided assistance for the Reading 120 Bike Race which wound it’s way from the City of Reading, through Mt. Penn and onwards through many other areas of Berks County before finishing with multiple climbs on a loop from the city to the top of Mt [...]

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