Posts tagged Engine 1

Brush fire in Lower Alsace

April 16, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Photo courtesy of Reading Eagle/Tim Leedy On April 15 just after 1:00pm Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Co 4 (Lower Alsace) with a reported brush fire in the area of the fire tower at 621 Skyline Dr. E1 arrived and sent its crew over the wall to help with finding the specific location of the fire which was found to be between the Bridal P [...]

Structure fire call in Mt. Penn

April 10, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just after 12 noon Mt. Penn was dispatched with Lower Alsace, Birdsboro and City of Reading crews to 223 Oak Terrace in Mt. Penn for a possible structure fire. Crews found moderate smoke in the first floor and soon discovered fire in the walls behind and adjacent to the fireplace which was in use. One line was pulled to extingui [...]

Busy Monday as Mt. Penn logs multipl...

April 7, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On Monday April 6 crews from Mt. Penn logged several calls to assist many of our mutual aid departments. It began in mid-afternoon with a call for L1 to assist the city on N 12th St. for a reported structure fire. Mt. Penn was recalled within a few minutes as the city was able to free up additional apparatus to cover the response. The engine [...]

Mt. Penn assists City of Reading

March 27, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 25 at approximately 6:50pm L1 and E1 were dispatched to assist the city on Box 6-02 at 218 S. 10th St for a reported structure fire. City crews arrived on location and reported smoke showing from the second floor. They placed one line in service and did a search for occupants. The fire in the second floor bedroom was quickly knoc [...]

Company called to assist Exeter

March 17, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16 at approximately 7:45am the full company was dispatched along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace), Rescue 64 (West Reading) and Reading City Rescue 1 to assist Exeter Twp (Co25) for a reported structure fire with entrapment at 218 Grande Valley Rd. in the Crestwood section of the township. On arrival Exeter fire crews and Exeter police [...]

Crews called to assist Reading Fire o...

January 15, 2015 Written by admin

On January 14, 2015 @ 2119 the City of Reading Fire Department responds to a structure fire in the 700 block of Chestnut St. City crews encountered a large volume of fire on the 1st and 2nd floors of the dwelling with a report of an occupant unaccounted for. At 2127 Reading Deputy Chief Mogel requested a 2nd alarm due to deteriorating condit [...]

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