Early Morning Union Structure

January 16, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

T. Neiswender On January 16th, shortly after 12:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT, along with several other mutual aid companies to assist Birdsboro(Co7) with a reported barn fire on Sycamore Rd. in Union Township. A responding EMS unit reported a working fire from over a mile away. First arriving fire units found a 40x60ft barn wel [...]

Lower Alsace Fire

January 7, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

Robert Mountz photo On January 6, shortly before 6:30p.m Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other mutual aid companies to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported structure fire at 1881Mountain Top Rd. in the township. Additional information was a shed on fire with extension to the residence. First arriving units had a fully invo [...]

2024 Summary

January 2, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

2024 was another typical year for Mt. Penn Fire Company. We answered a total of 685 calls for service, slightly down from 2023’s total. That averages just under 2 calls per day although it doesn’t actually work that way. Sometimes we may go for a few days with nothing and other days we are answering 4, 5 or more calls for service [...]

Welcome 2025

December 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The last day of 2024 is upon us and in less than 11 hours it will be 2025! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. Now it’s time to move on to a new year with new possibilities. The members of the Mt. Penn Fire wish everybody a very happy, prosperous and safe 2025! Let’s make it a great one!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

SANTA SANTA SANTA!

December 18, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Just about an hour ago we received a call at the fire station from one of the elves at that works in the front office at the North Pole. It seems that Santa Claus himself found time in his schedule to make a pre-Christmas trip to our area and wanted to ride on a fire truck from Mt. Penn Fire Company! Exciting news indeed! After some d [...]

17 Days

December 8, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Time is flying by and now it’s only 17 days until Christmas! Many of us are getting things ready around the house from decorating, stocking up lots of great food and shopping for gifts. It can be a very busy time of year for many as they get ready for the big day. As we prepare for the holiday season keep these safety tips from [...]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

November 27, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The year is rapidly drawing to a close and it’s already Thanksgiving! Cooler weather is here and the leaves are almost all down, football season is more than halfway done and November is just about gone. Christmas is just around the corner. As we get ready for the holiday season we want everybody to be safe. Kitchen/cooking f [...]

THANK YOU!

November 15, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Today we were fortunate to receive a donation at the station from Twisters Elite Allstars that included cooling items, snacks and drinks. It is much appreciated by all of the members. This past week has been rather busy around town with the big fire on Neversink Mountain making most of the headlines. Rest assured that we have been [...]

Let’s go back in time!

November 1, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s that time of year already! Time to fall back Saturday night and turn all of those clocks in your home BACK 1 hour before going to bed so you can wake up on time for whatever you have planned on Sunday morning. It’s also time, if you still have smoke and CO alarms with replaceable batteries, to change them. Working detecto [...]

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