Posts tagged Rescue 1

Natural gas leak in Mt. Penn

June 30, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 28th just before 9p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co 4) were dispatched to 2437 Fairview Ave. in the boro for a reported natural gas leak. As the engine and rescue were arriving the odor of gas was evident from almost a block away on this warm and humid night. Engine 4 stood by at the nearest hydrant while crews stretched a line as [...]

Mt. Penn assists Lower Alsace on vehi...

June 25, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 23rd just before 11p.m.Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co 4) for a vehicle crash at Skyline Drive and List Rd. in the township. The police on scene had also requested EMS to respond for patient evaluations. Two vehicles going opposite directions on Skyline Drive had apparently collided head on. Arriving crews had 2 [...]

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 [...]

Rescue assists Lower Alsace on crash

June 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 9th shortly before 10a.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) for a vehicle crash at Angora Rd. and Hill Rd. in the township. Arriving units found 2 vehicles had collided nearly head on with multiple injuries. A second ambulance was also requested. Fire crews were able to power down both vehicles and applied oil [...]

Alsace Township Crash

May 24, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 23rd, shortly before 8a.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Alsace Manor (Co8) at a reported vehicle crash with injuries at Friedensburg Rd. & Spies Church Rd. in Alsace Twp. (5 Points). Berks Communications advised responding units that multiple vehicles were involved and several people had injuries. Arriving crews found 3 ve [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

3 run Sunday for Mt. Penn

April 19, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Sunday April 17th got off to an early start just before 7:30a.m. with the engine being dispatched to Berkshire Commons at 5485 Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter for a structure fire. It had originally been dispatched as an AFA but Exeter crews found no visibility in the basement due to smoke and the call was upgraded bringing assistance from several [...]

Another run to Turkey Hill

April 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 13th just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace were dispatched to the Turkey Hill at 2450 Perkiomen Ave. in the boro for a haz-mat reported as a gas pump struck. This is the third call there since mid January with one being a dumpster fire and the other a vehicle through the front store window. Chief 1 (Waldman) arrived and quickl [...]

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