Posts tagged Engine 1

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 [...]

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. [...]

Late night and early morning for Mt. ...

February 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 19 just before 10:30p.m. E1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading with a working structure fire at 634 S. 16 1/2 St on the city’s east side. When city crews initially arrived they were confronted with heavy fire in one house with extension and exposure problems in two other houses on this steep a [...]

Busy Tuesday for Mt. Penn

February 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Tuesday was a busy day for Mt. Penn crews and we got to see the weather change from icy roads to pouring rain and wind to some sun and all the temperature changes in between. The day was started shortly before 2a.m. with a call for the ladder and engine to assist Co 25 (Exeter) on a possible structure fire at the Home Depot on Perkiomen Ave. [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on structure f...

January 30, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 29, just before 5:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25)to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 2160 Highland Ave. for a reported structure fire, fire in the kitchen. Deputy 1 (Wertz) arrived first and confirmed a working fire which was already venting out of the door and windows. Deputy 4-1 (Mountz) arrived soon after a [...]

Engine and Rescue assist Exeter on st...

January 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 21 about 2:15p.m. Company 7 (Birdsboro) Safety Officer Steve Rhoads was passing through the 6200 block of Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter Township when he noticed a large amount of smoke in the area. Upon checking further he found a working fire in a large garage at 6221 Perkiomen Ave. and had the structure fire assignment dispatched. [...]

E1 handles dumpster fire at Turkey Hi...

January 18, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 17 just before 11:30am Mt. Penn was dispatched for a reported dumpster on fire at the Turkey Hill, 2450 Perkiomen Ave. in the borough. Once Assistant 1 (Eisenhard) arrived he confirmed a working fire which was contained to the dumpster. On the arrival of E1 they pulled one line to extinguish the fire. Damage was minimal and con [...]

Carbon Monoxide incident in Mt. Penn

January 9, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 8 at approximately 11:20a.m. a phone call was received at the station for a report of a smoking furnace and carbon monoxide alarm sounding. The communications center transmitted the still alarm which brought Engine & Rescue 1 along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace) to 223 Friedensburg Rd. Crews making entry initially found levels [...]

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