Posts tagged RIT

Structure fire assist in Maidencreek

February 27, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On Feb 26 just before 7a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at 785 Hill Rd. Dispatch information stated flames from the roof and the first units to arrived confirmed a working fire. A second alarm and additional tankers were called for by command. The crew from Mt. Penn had their assignment changed [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day-Part IV

February 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the apparent Terrible Tuesday curse continues for the 4th week in a row at Mt. Penn with the crews logging 5 runs, 4 of them between 5:20p.m. and 9:00p.m. The start was early, just after midnight with the ladder being dispatched to assist Gibralter(Co 23) on a reported structure fire at 103 Proudfoot Dr. Units were quickly recalled when [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day-Part II

January 30, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Similar to last Tuesday, January 30 was another eventful day at Mt. Penn. Just after 8a.m the rescue was dispatched to assist Alsace Manor (Co8) at Antietam and Basket Rds for a vehicle crash with injuries. Arriving crews found 2 vehicles with the drivers having minor injuries. Crews powered down the vehicles and applied oil dry to spilled [...]

Weird Wednesday

January 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It started early but seemed normal with being dispatched to assist the City of Reading in the 500 block of N. 9th St for a smell of gas shortly before 2a.m. Units were recalled within a few minutes as the city was able to free up from another call. Just after 9:30a.m. it was a fire alarm in the 1300 block of Carsonia Ave. Deputy 4-1 (Mou [...]

Assist to Amity on garage fire

November 28, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 27 just after 12 noon the Rescue was dispatched as RIT to assist Amity Township with a reported structure fire in 40x60ft detached garage at 184 Valley Rd. PD and responding fire units reported a heavy column of smoke visible from some distance out. On arrival they found a well involved 2 story garage that also had flammable mat [...]

Warehouse burns in Bern Township

October 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 22 shortly after 9p.m. Mt. Penn was special called as the 5th due RIT company to assist Greenfields (Co55) with a 2 alarm structure fire at 1947 Bernville Rd-Evans Food Distributors in Bern Township. This call was originally dispatched as an Automatic Fire Alarm(AFA) shortly before 7:30p.m. and when the first crews arrived they fo [...]

Assist to Robeson Twp. on Structure F...

September 18, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

As if one wasn’t enough for the day, just before 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Gibraltar (Co23) and several other companiesfor a reported structure fire at 262 Seyfert Dr. in Robeson Twp. Just as L1 was leaving station a responding chief confirmed a working fire with smoke visible from some distance out. Arriving crew [...]

Steady September

September 4, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Although it’s only the first week of the month, Mt. Penn has been kept busy with a little bit of everything the past 4 days from a reported crash with entrapment, possible structure fires, medical assists and making the trip to standby in Shoemakersville which led to being called, along with other standby companies, to the tragic fire o [...]

Assist on Structure Fire

August 21, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 20 at 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Blandon (Co12) on a reported structure fire at 1161 Park Rd in Maidencreek Twp. The first arriving personnel there conferred with an employee and it was determined that the fire was actually in the 300 block of Dryville Rd. in Richmond Twp. Apparatus initially dispat [...]

Assist to Gibraltar on structure fire

August 3, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 1st while units were participating in National Night Out at the A field L1 was dispatched just before 7:30p.m. to assist Gibraltar (Co23) on a reported structure fire at 50 Walton Ave. As units were responding the police arrived and reported a working fire in a 20×30 garage. Most units had to stage on the road as the long and [...]

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