Posts tagged Rescue 1

Cumru Brush Fire

March 22, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 21st shortly before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Reading City and other companies to a reported brush fire near Klapperthal Junction in Cumru Twp. Some units went out S. 9th St. to make access from the city side while other units went to Poplar Neck Rd. near the old Titus Station. Arriving units found a working [...]

CARBON MONOXIDE PROBLEM

March 21, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 20th just after 9:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter Twp(Co25) to the Autozone in St. Lawrence for an odor of gas in the building. Arriving units had 50+ parts per million(ppm) of carbon monoxide on entry to the store. Further monitoring of the store led to readings of almost 100ppm. The source was traced to a stora [...]

Double Structure Fires Hours Apart

February 16, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 15th just before 10:30p.m. Mt. Penn, along with several other companies, was dispatched to Jake’s Coin Laundry at 747 Carsonia Ave. in the township for a reported structure fire. EMS, having their station just behind this location quickly called a working fire reporting smoke showing and 2 dryers inside well involved. Arri [...]

Early morning crash

December 22, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 22 shortly before 5:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) on Angora Rd in the area of the Mother’s Tree for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Arriving units found the actual location to be on Angora Rd a little bit past the mudcatcher parking area. Roads in the area were slicky and icy. One [...]

Mt. Penn Thursday Night

December 10, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

Well we stayed local for Thursday with a crash and car fire. Just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace(Co4) & Lower Alsace EMS(Squad555) to the intersection of Perkiomen Avenue & S. 27th St. for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. On arrival 2 cars were found with one having been pushed up over the cu [...]

St. Lawrence Structure Fire

December 9, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 8th shortly after 7p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Exeter(Co25) and several other companies to 3200 St. Lawrence Ave. for a reported kitchen fire. First arriving units found smoke showing from the front door and a working fire in the kitchen involving the stove area with extension into the cabinets and ceiling area. One [...]

Soggy September Start

September 2, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

September got off to a very soggy start with the remains of Hurricane Ida giving thunderstorms, wind and heavy rain with plenty of flooding throughout the area. Although it was pretty bad in Berks it could have been much worse. Areas to our east got all of the above with some tornados mixed in. Fortunately the next several days look b [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

June 15, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 14th just before 9:30p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) along with EMS were dispatched for a vehicle crash with injuries at Perkiomen Ave. & S. 23rd St. Arriving units found 3 vehicles with one person injured. On the arrival of EMS that patient was packaged and transported to the hospital. Others involved suffered no inju [...]

Assist to Exeter on serious crash

May 2, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 30, shortly after 8p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Exeter(Co25) to 37th St. and Perkiomen Ave. for a vehicle crash with entrapment, multiple patients. On arrival there were two cars with 3 people trapped on the eastbound side of the road. The occupants of one car were freed quickly and sent off to the hospital with EMS. [...]

Exeter Double Shot

April 27, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 27 shortly before 1a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched with several other companies to assist Co 25(Exeter) at the Applebees restaurant for a structure fire. Initially the call was dispatched as an automatic fire alarm but the police confirmed a working fire on arrival with flames from the roof and had the assignment upgraded. Crews [...]

Month	Monthly Total
January	52
February	50
March	77
April	54
May	50
June	65
July	64
August	40
September
October
November
December
Total For The Year	452