Posts in category Structure Fire

Early Morning Union Structure

January 16, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

T. Neiswender On January 16th, shortly after 12:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT, along with several other mutual aid companies to assist Birdsboro(Co7) with a reported barn fire on Sycamore Rd. in Union Township. A responding EMS unit reported a working fire from over a mile away. First arriving fire units found a 40x60ft barn wel [...]

Lower Alsace Fire

January 7, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

Robert Mountz photo On January 6, shortly before 6:30p.m Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other mutual aid companies to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported structure fire at 1881Mountain Top Rd. in the township. Additional information was a shed on fire with extension to the residence. First arriving units had a fully invo [...]

2024 Summary

January 2, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

2024 was another typical year for Mt. Penn Fire Company. We answered a total of 685 calls for service, slightly down from 2023’s total. That averages just under 2 calls per day although it doesn’t actually work that way. Sometimes we may go for a few days with nothing and other days we are answering 4, 5 or more calls for service [...]

Alsace Rubbish Fire

October 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 29th, shortly before 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies to Peach Lane in Alsace Township for a possible structure fire with the additional of a burn pit out of control and near a large shed. First arriving units found an approximately 20x40ft area at the rear of a property on Old State Rd. burn [...]

Keeping Busy

October 27, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The past 2 weeks have been busy for the guys and girls at the fire company. We have been to several fire prevention events at local schools where this year’s theme of “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” was reinforced with hundreds of young students in our coverage area. They also got to see fire apparatus up c [...]

Mt. Penn Structure

September 22, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 22nd just before 3a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies to 9 Pennwyn Terrace in the Boro for a reported deck on fire in the rear of the residence. First arriving units confirmed a working fire with extension into the house. Fortunately all occupants were able to safely evacuate. Several lines were [...]

Boro Structure

August 26, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 26th shortly before noon, Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Reading City, Lower Alsace, Oley, Birdsboro and Exeter fire departments to 2642 Perkiomen Ave. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units confirmed a working fire in the kitchen area of the vacant home which was undergoing renovations. Two lines were pulled as ot [...]

Wednesday Woes

July 18, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 17th just after 12 noon, Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies, to assist Exeter(Co25) with a reported structure fire at 4005 Circle Ave. First arriving units quickly called a working fire to the rear of the address where it was discovered a lawnmower and shed on fire. Within 5 minutes of arrival things wer [...]

Early St. Lawrence Structure Fire

June 18, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 18th just before 7:30a.m. Mt. Penn, along with several mutual aid companies were dispatched to the 3900 block of Penns Drive for a reported structure fire. First arriving units reported a working fire on the second floor front. One line was pulled as other crews performed ventilation and rescued the dogs still in the house. One dog w [...]

Exeter Structure Fire

June 5, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 4th shortly before 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies to assist Exeter(Co25) with a reported structure fire at Exeter Fitness, 4270 Perkiomen Avenue in the Reading Mall. Berks advised of multiple calls received for smoke and fire showing from the roof. Responding units confirmed this even before they ar [...]

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