Posts tagged Ladder 1

Sunday Travels

January 20, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Despite the “big storm” not living up to expectations, it didn’t mean things slowed down for us. Warming temperatures along with heavy rain proved to be the cause for most of our responses between 2a.m. and 5:30a.m. It began shortly after 2 with a dispatch to assist Exeter at the Goodwill Store in St. Lawrence. [...]

Structure fire with entrapment

January 8, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 7, shortly before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with units from Lower Alsace, Exeter, Oley, Birdsboro and the City of Reading to 2709 Perkiomen Ave. for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. First arriving units quickly confirmed a working fire on the 1st floor with one person trapped on the second floor. [...]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 24, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

The officers and members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to wish you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! We hope you get what you wished for and are surrounded by friends and family during this holiday season. Please be safe and make memories!

Structure fire assist to Exeter

December 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly before 7p.m. on December 7 the ladder was dispatched with several other companies to assist on a possible structure fire, reported dryer fire at 3819 Perkiomen Ave. Arriving crews at the house, which is behind Heck Bros. Florist, found heavy smoke and visible fire on the C side of the building and pulled one line.&nbs [...]

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 [...]

Building Search Training

November 8, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

This past Tuesday we took a little road trip to an acquired structure to do some training on building searches. A smoke machine was used to produce a zero visibility environment. Crews first searched for the victim in the traditional way of following a wall and then sweeping the room with a tool. They averaged 10-14 minutes to complete th [...]

Time to Fall Back!

October 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It doesn’t seem possible that October is already gone and November is knocking on the door. This weekend it’s time to reset the clocks BACK one hour before you go to bed Saturday night as daylight savings time comes to an end. Before you go to bed remember to take a few minutes and change the batteries in your smoke and carbon [...]

Mt. Penn Block Party

October 17, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Come on out this Saturday to the annual Mt. Penn Borough Block Party on N. 25th St! The event runs from 12 noon until 5p.m. along N. 25th St. from Cumberland Ave. to Endlich Ave. There will be games, food and fun! Many vendors will also be there with their variety of items to sell. This great community event takes place through th [...]

Fire Prevention Week

October 12, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware – fire can happen anywhere. This was the message for 2018 Fire Prevention Week which the crew took with them as they visited Antietam Academy, St. Catherine’s and the Mt. Penn Primary Center today. In addition to the message, the kids were able to see and hear a firefighter in full gear and SCBA. In the [...]

Home Depot Kids Workshop

October 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Despite the clouds and an early drizzle, the Ladder & Rescue made the trip to the Exeter Home Depot to meet with units from Exeter, Gibraltar, Geigertown, Brecknock, West Reading, Monocacy, Life Lion EMS, Birdsboro and the Reading Fire Scuba Unit to attend their monthly Kids Workshop. Since October is also the month where Fire Preventio [...]

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