Posts tagged Haz-mat

New Haz-Mat Trailer

June 20, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 20th thanks to the County of Berks and the Berks County Department of Emergency Services we received our new haz-mat spill response trailer. This project has been in the works for some time between DES and the participating departments and it replaces our 30 year old one. These new trailers are larger, much better organized and repla [...]

No Sunday Fun Day

July 17, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Sunday was no break for area fire companies including Mt. Penn. The day started rather early just before 2:30a.m. when the spill trailer was requested to Broadway Avenue in Exeter Township to assist with a fuel oil tank that was leaking behind a residence. Crews found oil around the tank and into the neighbors yard. Oil absorbent pads wer [...]

Tractor trailer wreck in Amity

February 9, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 8 just before 10a.m. Mt. Penn was requested to respond with the spill trailer to 6867 Boyertown Pike in Amity Township to assist with a tractor trailer crash that was leaking fuel. First arriving units had a tractor trailer tanker fully loaded with diesel fuel which was free flowing from several holes in the tank. The driv [...]

Monday Strikes Again!

June 18, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Monday got off to a quick start shortly after 7:30a.m. when Exeter(Co25) and Mt. Penn were sent to Prospect St. & Oley Turnpike Rd for a pedestrian struck. Units arrived to find a teen with serious injuries after being struck by a car. Personnel assisted EMS with patient packaging for transport. Just after 11:30 Mt. Penn & Lower A [...]

Gas odor marks 500th call

November 26, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 25th just before 9p.m. the ladder and rescue were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) at the Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Lane for an odor of natural gas. On arrival several crews metered the building and found no readings of any type. Further investigation found several outdoor propane heaters stored in the basement of wh [...]

Haz-Mat response to Douglass Township

April 22, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 21 shortly after 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to respond with the spill trailer to 56 Edge Hill Rd. in Douglass Township. A while earlier several companies were dispatched for a reported structure fire at that address. A large garage had become involved due to a controlled burn that got out of hand. The structure fire would g [...]

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 [...]

Weird Wednesday

January 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It started early but seemed normal with being dispatched to assist the City of Reading in the 500 block of N. 9th St for a smell of gas shortly before 2a.m. Units were recalled within a few minutes as the city was able to free up from another call. Just after 9:30a.m. it was a fire alarm in the 1300 block of Carsonia Ave. Deputy 4-1 (Mou [...]

Early May Potpourri

May 7, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the first week of May is just about over and it has been steady for Mt. Penn. In addition to the structure fires in Oley and Birdsboro we have been dispatched to several other calls during the week keeping us busy. In what could have been a much more serious incident, the structure assignment was sent to the Hollywood Court Apartments [...]

Carbon monoxide alarm in Mt. Penn

December 31, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 24th just before noon Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) to 103 N. 23rd St. in the Boro for a report of a carbon monoxide alarm with symptoms. Arriving crews found high levels, over 100 ppm (parts per million) at that address. On checking the neighboring property at 101 N. 23rd they found readings of over 25 [...]

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