Early morning St. Lawrence Structure

November 19, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

3615 Patton St. Nov 18, 2017 On November 18 shortly after 6a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and Exeter (Co25) to 3615 Patton Ave. for a possible structure fire, reported heater malfunction. Just after arrival Lt 25-2 reported a working fire with fire in the basement. Crews stretched multiple lines into the house at [...]

Vehicle vs pole in St. Lawrence

November 15, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Just after noon the Rescue was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25) to St. Lawrence Ave. and Ganster St. for a report of a vehicle that had struck a pole. Arriving crews found just that with the pole damaged but still standing and all occupants out of the vehicle and in a nearby parking lot. Additional ambulances were sent from the Reading F [...]

Time to Change!

November 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, it’s been fall for a while and now Halloween has come and gone and here we are….it’s November! October was quite the month with wild swings in the weather, quite a bit of rain and a near record amount of calls for the month. So as we move ahead it is time to fall back this weekend. The clocks go BACK 1 hour at 2a.m. [...]

Warehouse burns in Bern Township

October 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22 shortly after 9p.m. Mt. Penn was special called as the 5th due RIT company to assist Greenfields (Co55) with a 2 alarm structure fire at 1947 Bernville Rd-Evans Food Distributors in Bern Township. This call was originally dispatched as an Automatic Fire Alarm(AFA) shortly before 7:30p.m. and when the first crews arrived they fo [...]

Weekend wrap

October 16, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Although the emergency calls have settled down since earlier in the week, it doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. Thursday and Friday saw the crew visit the local schools to spread the fire prevention week message “Every second counts, plan 2 ways out.” In addition to this years’ message the crews worked with the [...]

Saturday around town

October 8, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been an eventful Saturday. We started out attending the Home Depot Safety Day Kids Workshop along with Exeter, Gibralter, Monocacy, Lower Alsace, Birdsboro and Geigertown fire companies as well as the Reading Scuba Team. The turnout was excellent and this year the weather cooperated as well. Firefighters were on hand to answer q [...]

Home Depot Safety Day

October 5, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Hey parents, looking for something to do this Saturday morning? Bring the kids to the Exeter Home Depot from 9a.m. until 12 noon. Not only can they get an up close look at different types of fire trucks and meet the local firefighters but they can participate in the October Kids Workshop where the kids will be building their very own fire [...]

Last day of month proves to be busy

October 1, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend at the station has been busy. Mt. Penn joined Lower Alsace (Co4) for the Antietam Homecoming Parade on Saturday morning. The fire companies, along with Central Berks Police led off the parade to escort the homecoming court from the pool to the A-Field where the ceremonies were held. Not too long after returning to station the [...]

Mt. Penn Block Party

September 22, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Sitting around wondering what to do…..bored….still recovering from summer…do you just need to get out of the house for a while….look no further than the annual Mt. Penn Block Party this Saturday! Come on out and join your friends and neighbors for this annual event from 12 noon until 5p.m. on N. 25th St. in Mt. Penn. [...]

Assist to Robeson Twp. on Structure F...

September 18, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

As if one wasn’t enough for the day, just before 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Gibraltar (Co23) and several other companiesfor a reported structure fire at 262 Seyfert Dr. in Robeson Twp. Just as L1 was leaving station a responding chief confirmed a working fire with smoke visible from some distance out. Arriving crew [...]

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