Posts tagged Ladder 1

L1 assists Amity

November 9, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 8 at 10p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Amity Twp(Co 49 & 6) with a possible structure fire at Amity Manor, 1131 W. Ben Franklin Highway (Route 422). Those companies had originally been sent for a fire alarm and had arrived to find a smoke condition in the building which then upgraded the assignment bringin [...]

Ladder 1 assists City of Reading

October 23, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22, just before 4a.m. L1 was requested on the 3rd alarm to cover for L10 to Box 9-03 at 645 N 9th. St for a working fire involving multiple residences. City crews were confronted with heavy fire in the rear of the structures on their arrival with significant extension. They also removed a semi responsive individual from one of t [...]

Busy Columbus Day for Mt. Penn

October 13, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Columbus Day turned out to be busy for the Mt. Penn crew. It started with a possible structure fire in Amity Township in the vicinity of 551 Old Swede Rd. which turned out to be a normal condition from a manufacturing plant. There have been numerous calls to this location in the past and crews were shortly recalled by the officer in charge [...]

Exeter Home Depot Kids Workshop

October 3, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

The Mt. Penn Fire Company joined with Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro (Co7), Monocacy (Co6), Brecknock (Co72), Geigertown (Co24), Reading Scuba Team, Fire Police and Exeter Police to kick off Fire Prevention Week Saturday at the Exeter Home Depot from 9 until noon during the monthly Kids Workshop. During the event participants were able to bu [...]

Structure fire in Exeter

September 25, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 24, just after 1:30pm Ladder 1 was dispatched to 912 Guilford Ct. in the Eastwick at Exeter development for a reported structure fire to assist Exeter Fire (Co25). Crews arrived to find a fire that involved the 2nd floor deck area with extension into the structure. Command quickly struck a second alarm due to the high hazard o [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on early morni...

August 21, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 20th at 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and Exeter (Co 25) to 515 N. 26th St. in Lower Alsace for a reported basement fire. Police units arriving reported smoke showing from the residence. Fortunately all occupants were able to safely escape prior to the arrival of fire units who found a fire in the b [...]

St. Lawrence Structure Fire

July 20, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

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 [...]

L1 assists Amity

July 17, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 14, shortly before 7p.m. the ladder was dispatched to 1344 Weavertown Rd. in Amity Twp. for a reported structure fire. Responding units were advised that it was a vehicle (skid loader) in the garage that was on fire. First arriving crews from Amity & Monocacy found a well involved garage fire with fire extending to the roof area [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

July 11, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

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...

July 5, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

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 [...]

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

Posts tagged Ladder 1

L1 assists Amity

Ladder 1 assists City of Reading

Busy Columbus Day for Mt. Penn

Exeter Home Depot Kids Workshop

Structure fire in Exeter

Assist to Lower Alsace on early morni...

St. Lawrence Structure Fire

L1 assists Amity

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

Engine & Ladder assist Exeter on...

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