Posts in category Incidents

Assist to Lower Alsace on car fire

May 31, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 30 at about 3:30a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a reported car fire in the 500 block of N. 26th St. Assistant 4 and PD on location with a well involved vehicle fire. Crews pulled one front bumper line with a Navy nozzle in order to extinguish the fire and performed overhaul. The scene was turned over to [...]

Brush fire on Neversink Mountain

May 26, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 24 Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter (co25), Gibralter (Co23) and Alsace Manor (Co8) to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a brush fire in the area of the Witches Hat pavillion on Neversink Mountain. On arrival crews found a working brush fire involving the brush and trees in the area. Once access was gained the fire was knocked [...]

E1 assists Exeter

May 24, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 22 at about 2:30 in the afternoon, E1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro (Co7) and West Reading (Co64) to a reported structure fire at 3806 Reiff Place. Additional information indicated a dryer on fire in the basement. Exeter crews found a well involved dryer with some extension to the structure and the entire house [...]

Assist to Amity on structure fire

May 14, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 13 just before 8pm the ladder was dispatched along with Amity (Co’s 49 & 6), Oley (Co 5), Boyertown Area Fire/Rescue (Co 95), Exeter (Co 25), Earl Twp (Co 19) and Montgomery County station 69 for a reported structure fire at 16 Lehmann Dr. First arriving crews and police officers found nothing showing from the exterior and [...]

Mother’s Day on the mountain

May 14, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly after 9pm on Mother’s Day Engine 1 was called along with Alsace Manor (Co 8) and Forestry (Co 81) to assist Lower Alsace (Co 4) with a brush fire just below the William Penn fire tower. Crews found a working brush fire that was quickly growing due to the dry conditions and called Muhlenberg (Co 10) and City of Reading brush un [...]

Engine & Ladder assist City of R...

May 5, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 5 at 7:32am E1 was dispatched to 900 block of East Laurel St. in the City of Reading along with an engine from Exeter Twp (Co 25) to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. At 7:55am command struck at 3rd alarm which brought reserve apparatus from the city along with L1 to the scene. Spring Twp (Co 85) was special called to provide a [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on vehicle cra...

April 29, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 28 just after noon Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash into a house at 1015 Carsonia Ave. in the township. A male was backing out of his driveway and lost control of the vehicle which struck a neighboring house causing significant damage. Crews on scene pulled one line from the engine due to the [...]

E1 assists City of Reading

April 21, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 21 just before 11:00am E1 was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co 4) to the 400 block of S. 16th St in the City of Reading to assist on a reported structure fire which had originally been dispatched as a vehicle crash and then upgraded to a vehicle fire. They were also receiving calls about a possible structure fire in the same a [...]

Rescue assists Oley

April 18, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 18 at midnight R1 was dispatched to assist Company 5 (Oley) and Company 49 (Amity) with a 2 vehicle crash with reported entrapment at Oley Turnpike Rd and Memorial Highway (Route 662) in Oley Township. Company 5 arrived first and reported multiple patients and one possible fatality. When R1 arrived the crew was split between assist [...]

Brush fire in Lower Alsace

April 16, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Photo courtesy of Reading Eagle/Tim Leedy On April 15 just after 1:00pm Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Co 4 (Lower Alsace) with a reported brush fire in the area of the fire tower at 621 Skyline Dr. E1 arrived and sent its crew over the wall to help with finding the specific location of the fire which was found to be between the Bridal P [...]

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