Posts in category Structure Fire

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 [...]

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 [...]

Just about June

May 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a busy few days here as we wrap up May and get ready to move into June. On May 30 shortly after 8p.m. the ladder was sent to cover Western Berks Fire Station 2 while they were operating at a 2nd alarm structure fire on Water Rd. in Lower Heidelberg Twp. While on standby L1 covered 2 medical assists in South Heidelberg Twp. [...]

A little bit of everything

May 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Thursday turned out to be a busy day at Mt. Penn. About 11:30 we were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported brush fire across from the old caretakers house at Antietam Lake. Arriving personnel found an area of about 75×75 feet burning slowly just off the fire trail. A line was raked around the fire until brush units [...]

Ladder 1 assist Cumru on Structure Fi...

May 3, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2 shortly before 8p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched as the RIT company to 200 Tranquility Lane, The Heritage at Green Hills in Cumru Township for a reported structure fire. The initial arriving units had been dispatched for a smoke alarm activation as well as a sprinkler flow alarm. The call was upgraded to a structure fire after addition [...]

Haz-Mat response to Douglass Township

April 22, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 21 shortly after 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to respond with the spill trailer to 56 Edge Hill Rd. in Douglass Township. A while earlier several companies were dispatched for a reported structure fire at that address. A large garage had become involved due to a controlled burn that got out of hand. The structure fire would g [...]

RIT x 2

April 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Just before 4:30p.m. on April 13 Mt. Penn was special called as the second RIT company for a structure fire at 492 S Wyomissing Ave. in Cumru Twp. First arriving units had found a working structure fire involving the rear of 492 and 494 which became worse due to the dry conditions and steady wind. Eventually this fire would go to 4 [...]

3rd Alarm in Mt. Penn

April 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 shortly after 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro(Co7), Reading City and Oley (Co5) for a reported structure fire in the 1900 block of Woodvale Ave. As crews were responding Deputy 4-1(Mountz) arrived and reported a working fire with fire through the roof of 1951 Woodvale. All oc [...]

Chimney Fire in Exeter

March 17, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16 shortly after 10p.m. the Ladder and Engine were dispatched along with Alsace Manor (Co8), Oley (Co5) and Temple (Co11) to assist Exeter (Co25) on a reported chimney fire at 161 Dautrich Rd. Arriving units found heavy smoke and embers coming out of the chimney. The firebox on the wood stove was quickly emptied as the roof crew be [...]

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