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 [...]

Alsace Rubbish Fire

October 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 29th, shortly before 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several mutual aid companies to Peach Lane in Alsace Township for a possible structure fire with the additional of a burn pit out of control and near a large shed. First arriving units found an approximately 20x40ft area at the rear of a property on Old State Rd. burn [...]

Burn Ban

October 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

Due to the lack of any rainfall for over a month now, Alsace Township, Mt. Penn Boro and Lower Alsace Township have enacted a total burn ban UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. This means that you are not allowed to burn anything or have any type of outside fire, including backyard fire pits, chimineas and the like. Gas grills and charcoal grills fo [...]

Keeping Busy

October 27, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

The past 2 weeks have been busy for the guys and girls at the fire company. We have been to several fire prevention events at local schools where this year’s theme of “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” was reinforced with hundreds of young students in our coverage area. They also got to see fire apparatus up c [...]

Month	Monthly Total
January	52
February	50
March	77
April	54
May	50
June	65
July	64
August	40
September
October
November
December
Total For The Year	452