Monday Madness

April 20, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Monday April 18 turned out to be quite the busy day. It started out with two quick back to back calls to assist the City of Reading, one for a possible structure fire at 952 N 10th St. at 10:39a.m. and one for a fire alarm at 1965 Linden St. at 10:51a.m. Fortunately both were found to be minor incidents and we were quickly cancelled and [...]

3 run Sunday for Mt. Penn

April 19, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Sunday April 17th got off to an early start just before 7:30a.m. with the engine being dispatched to Berkshire Commons at 5485 Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter for a structure fire. It had originally been dispatched as an AFA but Exeter crews found no visibility in the basement due to smoke and the call was upgraded bringing assistance from several [...]

Another run to Turkey Hill

April 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 13th just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace were dispatched to the Turkey Hill at 2450 Perkiomen Ave. in the boro for a haz-mat reported as a gas pump struck. This is the third call there since mid January with one being a dumpster fire and the other a vehicle through the front store window. Chief 1 (Waldman) arrived and quickl [...]

Assist to Oley on structure fire with...

April 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just before 1:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Oley (Co5) on a structure fire with reported entrapment at 653 Main St. in the Village of Oley. The first arriving units found a working fire on the second floor of the residence and confirmed that one person was trapped. Chief 5 (Kline) struck a second alarm as wel [...]

Assist to Robeson Township on structu...

April 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 about 2:30p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire involving a garage at 71 Fountain Dr. in Robeson Twp. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived and reported the structure, which was actually a storage shed, on the ground but a quickly spreading brush fire that was a result of the original fire. The respondin [...]

Vehicle crash in Mt. Penn

April 7, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 5 just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) to the 300 block of Carsonia Ave. for a vehicle crash. Asst. 1 (Eisenhard) arrived quickly and reported 2 vehicles but no patient as the driver had fled the scene. On further investigation it was found to be one vehicle that had lost control and crashed into [...]

Busy end to March

April 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Although things seemed to be slower in the past month, the last week of March has been quite busy for Mt. Penn. We have done everything from a medical assist last Saturday to a residential lockout yesterday. In between we have assisted on possible structure fires, stood by at station for neighboring companies, investigated a carbon monoxid [...]

Mt. Penn t-shirts now on sale

March 18, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

If you are interested in purchasing a Mt. Penn Fire Company t-shirt now is the time! Pre-orders for any size & amount of shirts will be taken until April 5 with the money due on the same date. Any orders placed without payment will be cancelled. After April 5th there will be limited quantities and sizes available. The shirts are $15. [...]

Structure fire in Amity

March 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16th, just after 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) on a reported structure fire at 208 Battenkill Dr. in the Amity Gardens area of the township. Additional information indicated it was a fire in a garage that was attached to the house and there was possibly a person trapped. [...]

Spring ahead into daylight savings ti...

March 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend begins daylight savings time. Clocks will be turned ahead one hour at 2a.m. Sunday. This weekend is also an excellent time to check on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to be sure they have new batteries and are working properly. It only takes a few minutes to check all the detectors in your home. They are the be [...]

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