Assist to Exeter on crash

November 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 8, just before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) at Shelbourne Rd. and Pennsylvania Ave. in the township for a vehicle crash with entrapment. On arrival Exeter found one vehicle that had gone off the road and apparently rolled over, trapping both occupants. When Mt. Penn arrived they assisted in removing the [...]

Steady Sunday

November 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This past Sunday was started at the station with the crew stripping and cleaning out the old Rescue 1 in preparation for getting the new Rescue 1 in service. A great turn out made this job much easier and it was finished up by early afternoon. Shortly after 3p.m. the Engine was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 107 Old Spies Chur [...]

Daylight savings time ends-Check your...

November 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend daylight savings time will come to an end at 2a.m on Sunday, November 6. While you are changing all of the clocks in your house back one hour we ask that you also change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. It seems like a small thing but having fresh batteries ensures that you and your family can get the [...]

Mt. Penn assists on rescue

October 24, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22 shortly after noon, Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a rescue in the area of Klapperthal Junction along the train tracks. A male had been climbing the rocks there and had slipped and fallen about 20ft causing leg and ankle injuries several hours earlier. His exact location was unknown so Deputy 4 (Yohn) [...]

Amity structure fire

October 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 21 about 11:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) as the RIT company to 66 Mildred Ave. in Amity Twp. for a reported structure fire. Berks Radio had advised they received numerous calls reporting smoke and flames from the address. First arriving units found a well involved mobile home with visib [...]

Rush hour vehicle crash

October 19, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 18 just before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace) to the 2400 block of Perkiomen Ave. in the Boro for a vehicle vs a pole. R1 arrived within a few minutes and confirmed the dispatch with the location being N. 25th St. and Perkiomen Ave. Once E1 arrived it was determined that E4 could return a [...]

Fire Prevention Week Part 2

October 15, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Mt. Penn wrapped up Fire Prevention Week activities with visits to some local schools on Thursday and Friday mornings. The kids were refreshed on some prior fire prevention themes such as stop, drop and roll as well as what do to in an emergency such as evacuating the premises and calling 911. This year’s theme of “Don’t [...]

Fire Prevention Week 2016

October 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

October 9th begins Fire Prevention Week 2016 with the theme of “Don’t wait, check the date!” It encourages everybody to check the date on your smoke detectors to see if they are more than 10 years old and, if they are, to replace them immediately. Most of the public is unaware that a smoke detector needs to be replaced on [...]

Safety Day at Exeter Home Depot

October 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 1, Mt. Penn joined up with Exeter, Monocacy, Geigertown, Reading Scuba Team, Birdsboro, Exeter EMS and fire police from Cumru & Exeter Township as well as West Reading Boro to support the Home Depot in Exeter with their annual Safety Day Kids workshop. Participants were able to build and paint their own fire truck to take hom [...]

Vehicle rollover in Mt. Penn

September 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 20 at 2p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace) to the alley behind 1969 Fairview Ave. for a report of a vehicle rolled over with entrapment. Deputy 4-1 (Mountz) arrived and confirmed the dispatch information and that the patient was conscious and alert. Once crews arrived they stabilized the vehicle wit [...]

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