Posts tagged RIT

Assist to Blandon on Structure Fire

December 1, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 30 just before 1:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at Super Duper Seafood, 8472 Allentown Pike in Maidencreek Township. Berks County Communications advised of a call from an employee stating fire in the basement as well as a call indicating a fire alarm from the location. Initially a [...]

Steady Sunday

November 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

This past Sunday was started at the station with the crew stripping and cleaning out the old Rescue 1 in preparation for getting the new Rescue 1 in service. A great turn out made this job much easier and it was finished up by early afternoon. Shortly after 3p.m. the Engine was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 107 Old Spies Chur [...]

Amity structure fire

October 22, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 21 about 11:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) as the RIT company to 66 Mildred Ave. in Amity Twp. for a reported structure fire. Berks Radio had advised they received numerous calls reporting smoke and flames from the address. First arriving units found a well involved mobile home with visib [...]

Exeter Township Structure

August 13, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 11, 2016 about 8:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched on the second alarm as the second Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a working structure fire at 35 Pine Ave. in Exeter Township. Responding companies reported a working fire as they were leaving their stations as the smoke column was quite visible. Once they arrived they found a pol [...]

Assist in Union Twp on structure fire

August 12, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 9, 2016 about 2:20p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the second due Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a working structure fire at 28 Ivy Lane in Union Twp. at the request of Deputy 7 (Rhoads). The first crews on location had fire showing from the rear of the house with extension into the loft area and were able to knock it down quic [...]

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 [...]

Assist to Oley on structure fire with...

April 10, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just before 1:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as RIT to assist Oley (Co5) on a structure fire with reported entrapment at 653 Main St. in the Village of Oley. The first arriving units found a working fire on the second floor of the residence and confirmed that one person was trapped. Chief 5 (Kline) struck a second alarm as wel [...]

Assist to Robeson Township on structu...

April 8, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 about 2:30p.m. L1 was dispatched as the RIT company for a reported structure fire involving a garage at 71 Fountain Dr. in Robeson Twp. Deputy 23 (Favinger) arrived and reported the structure, which was actually a storage shed, on the ground but a quickly spreading brush fire that was a result of the original fire. The respondin [...]

Structure fire in Amity

March 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16th, just after 8p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Monocacy (Co6) and Amity (Co49) on a reported structure fire at 208 Battenkill Dr. in the Amity Gardens area of the township. Additional information indicated it was a fire in a garage that was attached to the house and there was possibly a person trapped. [...]

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