Assist to Exeter on structure fire

December 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 20 just after 5:30p.m. L1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25) and Birdsboro (Co7) to a reported structure fire at 125 Shelbourne Rd in Exeter for a reported bush on fire next to the home. Arriving crews found that the bush had burned but had extended to the side of the house as well and spread up the side all the way to the r [...]

Rescue 1 heads to its new home

December 20, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On Tuesday December 20 the Mt. Penn crew bid farewell to the 1994 Ford/Swab rescue truck which was sold to the Springdale Volunteer Fire Dept. in Allegheny County, PA. It will replace their 1982 Ford/Swab rescue truck. After a brief final inspection with Lt. David Okonski and Asst. Chief John Eisenhard they were on their way with Asst. Ch [...]

SANTA ALERT!!!!!

December 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

The Mt. Penn Fire Company is pleased to announce that a special deal has been made between Fire Chief Tim Waldman and Kris Kringle, CEO of North Pole Enterprises Inc. for a one night only, special appearance of SANTA CLAUS!!!! Santa will be making his rounds around Mt. Penn on Tuesday, December 20th starting at 6:30p.m. Due to the need for [...]

Structure fire in Robeson Township

December 16, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 15, shortly after 2:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a report of a structure fire at 101 Killian Dr. in Robeson Township. Deputy 23 (Favinger) quickly made it a working fire and requested the next alarm due to the large column of smoke visible from a mile away. Ladder 1 stopped on the way in to assist with t [...]

Christmas is on the way!

December 13, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

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Congratulations Firefighter Acevedo!

December 2, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

We would like to congratulate Firefighter Raymond Acevedo on his recent graduation from the Reading Police Academy. He has put in lots of time at the gym working out as well as reading and studying all of the intricacies of police procedure and criminal law. He will be joining several of his classmates in a few weeks as they begin patrollin [...]

Assist to Blandon on Structure Fire

December 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 30 just before 1:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at Super Duper Seafood, 8472 Allentown Pike in Maidencreek Township. Berks County Communications advised of a call from an employee stating fire in the basement as well as a call indicating a fire alarm from the location. Initially a [...]

Eagle Scout Award

November 26, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Congratulations to Junior Firefighter Kerry Wolf on his receiving the Eagle Scout, the highest award in scouting, from the Boy Scouts of America, Hawk Mountain Council recently. Kerry has been involved in the fire company for several years. He has completed over 30 merit badges, an Eagle Scout project and received several other awards duri [...]

Assist to RFD on brush fire

November 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 21 just after 7:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for additional manpower to assist the City of Reading and numerous other companies on a working brush fire in the area behind Reading High School. The initial arriving companies had a working brush fire on arrival which quickly spread up the mountain as well as moving north and south [...]

Kiddie Night Hawk smoke alarm recall

November 13, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

We know many of you have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your homes. This recall involves a particular model that is a combination smoke/CO alarm. If you have this model as described below please make arrangements to replace it as soon as possible in order to keep you and your families safe. Kidde is recalling 3.6 million smoke alarms i [...]

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