Mt. Penn Fire Company

Posts tagged Structure Fire

St. Patrick’s Day Structure

St. Patrick’s Day Structure
Shortly before 9a.m. on March 17, Mt. Penn was dispatched with several other companies to assist Birdsboro (Co7) with a reported structure fire in the 100 block of S. Mill St.  Berks County Communications gave additional information to Chief 7 (Kulp) that the police were reporting a large amount of smoke from that area as well and he ar [...]

Oley Structure Fire

Oley Structure Fire
Chris Young/Fleetwood Fire Photo Fleetwood Fire Photo Chris Young/Fleetwood Fire Photo On February 18 shortly after 12:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Oley (Co5) and several other companies for a reported structure fire at 456 Main St.  Response time for the first arriving units was short as this is just up the street from [...]

RIT to Wyomissing

RIT to Wyomissing
On February 11 shortly after 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT to assist Wyomissing Fire Dept (Co 79) and several other companies on a working structure fire at 1614 Penn Ave.  Arriving crews found heavy fire in the basement with smoke throughout the house.  As searches were underway other crews stretched several lines and w [...]

Here and there

Here and there
The snow ended last night but it was getting colder!  Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 529 E Wesner Rd. in Maidencreek Twp. just before 6:30a.m.  Arriving units had a fire in the basement that extended to the first floor.  Arriving crews encountered frozen hydrants near the scene and had to initially rely on tank water.  Fortuna [...]

3rd alarm RIT Assignment

3rd alarm RIT Assignment
On January 26th shortly before 6:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as an additional rapid intervention team(RIT) to 1643 Lancaster Avenue in Cumru Township at Supreme Cleaners for a structure fire.  First arriving units had to contend with heavy fire on the second floor apartment area as well as temperatures that were well below freezing.  [...]

Structure fire with entrapment

Structure fire with entrapment
On January 7, shortly before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with units from Lower Alsace, Exeter, Oley, Birdsboro and the City of Reading to 2709 Perkiomen Ave. for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment.  First arriving units quickly confirmed a working fire on the 1st floor with one person trapped on the second floor. [...]

Welcome 2019!

Welcome 2019!
All of us at the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to wish you a safe and Happy New Year!  Let’s stay safe in 2019. We finished 2018 with 553 calls that covered everything from fires, vehicle crashes, rescues, fire alarms, assisting other departments and assisting the police and public works.  This year marked the most [...]

2 Alarms in Exeter

2 Alarms in Exeter
On September 1 at 8:20p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) and numerous other companies as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at 1201 Pineland Rd. in Exeter.  Even before responding, the communications center was advising of multiple calls from as far as a mile away reporting a working fire.  First arriving units q [...]

Exeter Assist

Exeter Assist
On July 19 just after 10:30a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to 100 Gibraltar Rd. to assist Exeter(Co25), as well as several other companies, on a reported structure fire at Natural Pack Inc. Arriving units found a heavy smoke condition in the building with employees evacuating.  One line was pulled to the drying oven conveyer belt where boxes an [...]

RIT dispatched to Wyomissing

RIT dispatched to Wyomissing
On July 17 just before 10:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the covering RIT company for a working structure fire at 1629 Museum Rd. in Wyomissing.  Arriving units had  fire in two rooms on the second floor of a large house that was at the end of a very long driveway.  Fortunately they were able to extinguish the fire with one line although [...]

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The mission of the Mt. Penn Fire Company is to protect the lives and property of the people of Mt Penn from fires, natural disasters, and hazardous materials incidents; to save lives by providing Rescue services; to prevent fires through prevention and education programs; and to provide a 100% Volunteer work environment that values health, wellness and cultural diversity and is free of harassment and discrimination.

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