Santa Claus is coming soon

December 17, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On Saturday, December 21st that jolly old elf, SANTA CLAUS will be making his rounds around Mt. Penn on a fire truck! He will begin around 6p.m. from the fire station so when you see the lights and hear the siren go outside and give him a wave!

Pennside Trampoline Tragedy

December 15, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 15 just before noon, Ladder 1 was dispatched to the 800 block of N. 25th St. to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) with a report of a trampoline on power lines. On arrival crews confirmed a large trampoline in a rear yard on the 800 block of Brighton Ave. that was tangled in a tree as well as phone & cable lines. Fort [...]

Time to light the tree

December 7, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Turkey Day

November 27, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Hard to believe Thanksgiving is upon us. The holiday season typically presents an increase in calls for service. Though we appreciate the support of each one of you and we have been making house calls since 1905, we don’t want you to be one of our holiday visits. In preparation for Thanksgiving and Christmas be sure that your oven [...]

Mohnton Structure Fire

November 14, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 just after 6:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a working structure fire at the Mohnton Fire Company Social Quarters located at 100 E. Summit Ave. in Mohnton Boro. Originally this came in as a fire alarm and the first arriving units confirmed a working fire which brought additional resources to the scene f [...]

Brrrr

November 13, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the temperatures sure have taken a plunge in the past few days. We are hoping that everybody had their furnaces and wood stoves & chimneys serviced for the heating season. If you didn’t….NOW IS THE TIME! A properly operating heating system will prevent fires and carbon monoxide problems and help en [...]

Firefighter II

November 4, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Congratulations go out to FF Tyler Neiswender and LT David Okonski for the successful completion of the Firefighter II written and skills test this past weekend. They spent quite a few days studying, reviewing and practicing the needed skills, as well as the bookwork, to pass this course. GREAT JOB & CONGRATULAT [...]

Time for Change

November 1, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s that time of the year again! Time to turn the clocks back one hour Sunday at 2a.m. If you are not going to be awake at that time like most of us, turn your clocks back one hour when you go to bed Saturday night. With all that extra time on your hands it is a great time to change the batteries in your smoke and ca [...]

Blandon Structure Fire

October 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 28 just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 357 Lindberg Ave in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units from Blandon (Co12) had heavy fire and smoke showing. The fire was knocked down within 10 minutes and placed under control in 20 minutes. Crews remained on th [...]

Structure fire assist in Union

October 12, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 11 shortly before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with numerous companies from Chester & Montgomery Counties, as the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a structure fire in Union Township to assist Birdsboro/Union FD (Co7). Arriving units at 335 Woodglen Rd. found a well involved house fire that quickly caused t [...]

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