Posts tagged Rescue 1

Vehicle crash kicks off August

August 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 1 just before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash in the 500 block of Friedensburg Rd. with one vehicle reported on its roof. Arriving units found 2 vehicles involved, one had been parked and the striking vehicle was on its roof just up the street. The occupants were able to get out thems [...]

Sizzling Sunday

July 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 23rd just after 9a.m. cooking breakfast quickly got out of control. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Earl (Co19), Alsace (Co8), Ruscombmanor (Co34), Fleetwood (Co45) and Exeter (Co25) to assist Oley (Co5) on the structure fire at 3339 Friedensburg Rd. The first arriving chief from Oley reported a working fire with fire through the [...]

Friday night heat

July 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 21 the day was concluded with Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co4) being dispatched for a reported vehicle fire at 250 Endlich Ave. Lt. 1 (Lombardo) arrived and reported a working engine compartment fire. One line with a Navy nozzle was pulled from E1 to extinguish the fire which was held to the engine compartment. As a side note, for t [...]

Splintered start to the Weekend

July 22, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 20th at 10a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for a report of a tree on a house in the 200 block of Endlich Ave. It was fairly quickly determined to be 263 Endlich which is in Lower Alsace Township so Company 4 was added to the assignment. Arriving units found a tree that had split and fallen onto a house, which according to the property o [...]

Fundraiser for local family

July 11, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Last week members of Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace Fire Companies responded to a vehicle vs pedestrian crash in the 600 block of Carsonia Ave. Although the father is still recovering in the hospital, baby Ezra is home and doing well. There has been an outpouring of concern from the community and last week donations were accepted at the AVCPR [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on crash

July 4, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 3rd just before 10a.m. the Rescue was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on the Northbound side of the 600 block of Carsonia Ave. First arriving units found one vehicle had struck a father and young child causing serious injuries. EMS was requested to expedite and then a third ambulance [...]

Antietam Valley Street Fair

June 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Come on out June 24 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. and join the community in the annual street fair. There will be over 50 vendors as well as games, cars and firetrucks! Don’t forget to buy a duck for the race down Antietam Creek or join in the pie eating contest! The weather looks like it is going to be decent with the rain moving out so brin [...]

Heads Up for Safe Driving

June 5, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

As we all know, it’s that time of year when school is ending, people are going on vacations and getting outside with the onset of warmer weather. This, of course, leads to more traffic on the roads. We would like to remind you to be safe out there on the roads and pay attention to your surroundings. As of today, in Berks County, the [...]

Training and tour

May 25, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On a recent Tuesday night, the Mt. Penn crew joined up with the crew from Exeter Twp. to take a tour of the new Acrylabs production facility on Prospect St. in St. Lawrence Boro. The facility manufactures a unique roof coating system that can be applied over just about any type of existing roof surface and is renewable which means less debri [...]

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 [...]

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