Mt. Penn Fire Company

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St. Lawrence Structure Fire

St. Lawrence Structure Fire
On July 19, 2015 shortly before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter (Co 25), Lower Alsace (Co 4) and West Reading (Co64) to 3455 Stoner Ave. in St. Lawrence for a reported structure fire.  Exeter units reported smoke showing from their station as they responded and a second alarm with an additional EMS unit was quickly struck by [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

Mt. Penn Structure Fire
On July 9, just before midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (co25) and Birdsboro (Co7), to 203 Endlich Ave. in the boro for a reported structure fire, all occupants reported out.  Deputy 1 (Wertz) arrived first and reported a working fire with heavy smoke on the second floor.  E1 arrived and their crew pull [...]

Engine & Ladder assist Exeter on...

Engine & Ladder assist Exeter on structure fire
On July 4 shortly after 9pm E1 was dispatched to assist Exeter with a reported structure fire at 4132 Steeple Chase Drive in the Hunter’s Run development.  Additional information to responding units indicated a working fire and all occupants out which was confirmed by command on arrival.  A second alarm was struck which brought L1 to t [...]

E1 assists Exeter with vehicle fire

E1 assists Exeter with vehicle fire
  On June 21st at about 12:30pm Engine 1 was dispatched to 21 S. High St. to assist Exeter Township with a pickup truck on fire.  Arriving units found a well involved pickup truck and pulled 2 lines to contain and extinguish the fire.  E1 crews remained on scene approximately 20 minutes assisting with final extinguishment and overhaul. 21 S H [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on car fire

Assist to Lower Alsace on car fire
On May 30 at about 3:30a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) for a reported car fire in the 500 block of N. 26th St.  Assistant 4 and PD on location with a well involved vehicle fire.  Crews pulled one front bumper line with a Navy nozzle in order to extinguish the fire and performed overhaul.  The scene was turned over to [...]

E1 assists Exeter

E1 assists Exeter
On May 22 at about 2:30 in the afternoon, E1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro (Co7) and West Reading (Co64) to a reported structure fire at 3806 Reiff Place.  Additional information indicated a dryer on fire in the basement.  Exeter crews found a well involved dryer with some extension to the structure and the entire house [...]

Mother’s Day on the mountain

Mother’s Day on the mountain
Shortly after 9pm on Mother’s Day Engine 1 was called along with Alsace Manor (Co 8) and  Forestry (Co 81) to assist Lower Alsace (Co 4) with a brush fire just below the William Penn fire tower.  Crews found a working brush fire that was quickly growing due to the dry conditions and called Muhlenberg (Co 10) and City of Reading brush un [...]

Engine & Ladder assist City of R...

Engine & Ladder assist City of Reading
On May 5 at 7:32am E1 was dispatched to 900 block of East Laurel St. in the City of Reading along with an engine from Exeter Twp (Co 25) to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire.  At 7:55am command struck at 3rd alarm which brought reserve apparatus from the city along with L1 to the scene.  Spring Twp (Co 85) was special called to provide a [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on vehicle cra...

Assist to Lower Alsace on vehicle crash
On April 28 just after noon Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash into a house at 1015 Carsonia Ave. in the township.  A male was backing out of his driveway and lost control of the vehicle which struck a neighboring house causing significant damage.  Crews on scene pulled one line from the engine due to the [...]

E1 assists City of Reading

E1 assists City of Reading
On April 21 just before 11:00am E1 was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co 4) to the 400 block of S. 16th St in the City of Reading to assist on a reported structure fire which had originally been dispatched as a vehicle crash and then upgraded to a vehicle fire.  They were also receiving calls about a possible structure fire in the same a [...]

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The mission of the Mt. Penn Fire Company is to protect the lives and property of the people of Mt Penn from fires, natural disasters, and hazardous materials incidents; to save lives by providing Rescue services; to prevent fires through prevention and education programs; and to provide a 100% Volunteer work environment that values health, wellness and cultural diversity and is free of harassment and discrimination.

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