Posts tagged Engine 1

Just about June

May 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a busy few days here as we wrap up May and get ready to move into June. On May 30 shortly after 8p.m. the ladder was sent to cover Western Berks Fire Station 2 while they were operating at a 2nd alarm structure fire on Water Rd. in Lower Heidelberg Twp. While on standby L1 covered 2 medical assists in South Heidelberg Twp. [...]

Memorial Day Weekend is here!

May 25, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

This weekend is the unofficial start of the summer season with Memorial Day arriving after a cool and wet spring. While you are out and about with friends and family take some time to remember those who sacrificed their very lives for this great nation of ours. Mt. Penn will be remembering, along with many other organizations, at the Amer [...]

Springtime is not always sweet

May 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

May 8th proved to be a beautiful but busy day at Mt. Penn. Just before 6a.m. the Ladder was dispatched to assist Amity (Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire at 551 Old Swede Rd. Units were held at station and then recalled when it was again found out that the venting from the stack was just was normal operating conditions at [...]

A little bit of everything

May 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Thursday turned out to be a busy day at Mt. Penn. About 11:30 we were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported brush fire across from the old caretakers house at Antietam Lake. Arriving personnel found an area of about 75×75 feet burning slowly just off the fire trail. A line was raked around the fire until brush units [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

April 29, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly after 2a.m. on April 29 Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace(Co4) for a vehicle crash with injuries at 23rd St. & Perkiomen Ave. which is a location both companies respond to several times each year. As with many times in the past, the Boro signs at the intersection were wiped out along with a pole on the CVS side suf [...]

3rd Alarm in Mt. Penn

April 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 shortly after 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro(Co7), Reading City and Oley (Co5) for a reported structure fire in the 1900 block of Woodvale Ave. As crews were responding Deputy 4-1(Mountz) arrived and reported a working fire with fire through the roof of 1951 Woodvale. All oc [...]

Chimney Fire in Exeter

March 17, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16 shortly after 10p.m. the Ladder and Engine were dispatched along with Alsace Manor (Co8), Oley (Co5) and Temple (Co11) to assist Exeter (Co25) on a reported chimney fire at 161 Dautrich Rd. Arriving units found heavy smoke and embers coming out of the chimney. The firebox on the wood stove was quickly emptied as the roof crew be [...]

Moving ahead for spring

March 8, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s hard to believe that we have made it through another winter but spring is knocking on the door despite the recent snows. That can only mean one thing….it is time to change the clocks again. This weekend is “spring ahead” where we all lose an hour of sleep Saturday night into Sunday morning. When you are turning [...]

Tuesday around Town……R...

February 28, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Tuesday the 26th was a beautiful day to be out and about and drive around a bit which is just what we did. Just before 5p.m. the rescue was dispatched for manpower to assist Geigertown(Co24) with a serious crash on Route 10 at Chestnut Hill Rd. Rescue 7(Birdsboro) and Rescue 72(Brecknock) were also on the call along with Gibralter(Co 23). [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day-Part IV

February 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the apparent Terrible Tuesday curse continues for the 4th week in a row at Mt. Penn with the crews logging 5 runs, 4 of them between 5:20p.m. and 9:00p.m. The start was early, just after midnight with the ladder being dispatched to assist Gibralter(Co 23) on a reported structure fire at 103 Proudfoot Dr. Units were quickly recalled when [...]

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