Posts tagged Ladder 1

Commercial Compactor Fire in St. Lawr...

August 4, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 2nd just after 10:30p.m. and not long after crews had returned from National Night Out activities, Engine 1 was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) for a report of a compactor on fire at Goodwill Industries, 3001 St. Lawrence Ave. When E1 arrived they reported a working fire in the compactor/dumpster which was attached to the build [...]

National Night Out in Antietam

August 3, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On Tuesday August 2nd Mt. Penn, Lower Alsace and Exeter fire companies, along with PennStar, Berks Fire & Water, Klinger’s on Carsonia, Stokesay Castle and many other community organizations and businesses, joined with the Central Berks Regional Police for their annual Night Out at the A-field. It seemed to be in doubt f [...]

Ladder 1 assists Amity on Structure F...

July 28, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 26 about 6:15p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched along with both Amity companies (49 & 6) as well as Birdsboro (Co7), Exeter (Co25) and Earl Twp (Co19) to 119 Old Swede Rd. for a reported structure fire. One of the home’s occupants was cooking when the contents of the pan caught fire and quickly spread to the rest of the [...]

A brief recap of the past week

June 21, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the past week or so has been steady around the station with all sorts of things. We have assisted on several fire alarms in Lower Alsace and St. Lawrence as well as two vehicle crashes in Lower Alsace. Adding to the mix was a grease fire in Mt. Penn that was quickly handled and a structure fire in Exeter Township at Custom Processing [...]

Mt. Penn assists at AVCP 5k run

May 2, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On Saturday April 30 the crews from Mt. Penn joined with Lower Alsace (Co4) to provide assistance for the Antietam Valley Community Partnership’s second annual 5K run. The personnel provided extra eyes on the course and played a large part in assisting with traffic control as the racers crossed over the intersections along the route [...]

Monday Madness Part II

April 26, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Monday April 25th was another busy day for Mt. Penn just as last Monday was. We had one less call but it still kept everybody on their toes throughout the day. It began with a call to the Goodwill store in St. Lawrence just before 8a.m. along with Exeter (Co 25) for a reported odor of natural gas in the loading dock area. Crews monitored [...]

2nd Alarm assist to Reading City at P...

April 23, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 22 at 2:50p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched with several other county companies on the second alarm to Box 4-02, 600 Arlington St. at Prizer-Painter Stove works for a structure fire. When the A platoon crews arrived to this reported oven fire they found heavy fire and smoke showing from the roof. Shortly after their arrival the roof be [...]

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 [...]

Assist to Oley on structure fire with...

April 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just before 1:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Oley (Co5) on a structure fire with reported entrapment at 653 Main St. in the Village of Oley. The first arriving units found a working fire on the second floor of the residence and confirmed that one person was trapped. Chief 5 (Kline) struck a second alarm as wel [...]

Assist to Robeson Township on structu...

April 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 about 2:30p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire involving a garage at 71 Fountain Dr. in Robeson Twp. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived and reported the structure, which was actually a storage shed, on the ground but a quickly spreading brush fire that was a result of the original fire. The respondin [...]

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