Posts tagged Structure Fire

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

July 11, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 9, just before midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (co25) and Birdsboro (Co7), to 203 Endlich Ave. in the boro for a reported structure fire, all occupants reported out. Deputy 1 (Wertz) arrived first and reported a working fire with heavy smoke on the second floor. E1 arrived and their crew pull [...]

E1 assists Exeter

May 24, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 22 at about 2:30 in the afternoon, E1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro (Co7) and West Reading (Co64) to a reported structure fire at 3806 Reiff Place. Additional information indicated a dryer on fire in the basement. Exeter crews found a well involved dryer with some extension to the structure and the entire house [...]

Assist to Amity on structure fire

May 14, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 13 just before 8pm the ladder was dispatched along with Amity (Co’s 49 & 6), Oley (Co 5), Boyertown Area Fire/Rescue (Co 95), Exeter (Co 25), Earl Twp (Co 19) and Montgomery County station 69 for a reported structure fire at 16 Lehmann Dr. First arriving crews and police officers found nothing showing from the exterior and [...]

Engine & Ladder assist City of R...

May 5, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 5 at 7:32am E1 was dispatched to 900 block of East Laurel St. in the City of Reading along with an engine from Exeter Twp (Co 25) to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. At 7:55am command struck at 3rd alarm which brought reserve apparatus from the city along with L1 to the scene. Spring Twp (Co 85) was special called to provide a [...]

Structure fire call in Mt. Penn

April 10, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 9th just after 12 noon Mt. Penn was dispatched with Lower Alsace, Birdsboro and City of Reading crews to 223 Oak Terrace in Mt. Penn for a possible structure fire. Crews found moderate smoke in the first floor and soon discovered fire in the walls behind and adjacent to the fireplace which was in use. One line was pulled to extingui [...]

Assist to Amity Township

April 9, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 8th at approximately 1:30pm crews were called to assist Monarch (Co 6) for a reported structure fire at 612 Monocacy Creek Rd. in Amity Township. As L1 was was leaving station it was upgraded to a working structure fire and the assignment changed from RIT to fire attack. The fire was located in a former church building that had bee [...]

Busy Monday as Mt. Penn logs multipl...

April 7, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On Monday April 6 crews from Mt. Penn logged several calls to assist many of our mutual aid departments. It began in mid-afternoon with a call for L1 to assist the city on N 12th St. for a reported structure fire. Mt. Penn was recalled within a few minutes as the city was able to free up additional apparatus to cover the response. The engine [...]

Mt. Penn assists City of Reading

March 27, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 25 at approximately 6:50pm L1 and E1 were dispatched to assist the city on Box 6-02 at 218 S. 10th St for a reported structure fire. City crews arrived on location and reported smoke showing from the second floor. They placed one line in service and did a search for occupants. The fire in the second floor bedroom was quickly knoc [...]

Company called to assist Exeter

March 17, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 16 at approximately 7:45am the full company was dispatched along with Engine 4 (Lower Alsace), Rescue 64 (West Reading) and Reading City Rescue 1 to assist Exeter Twp (Co25) for a reported structure fire with entrapment at 218 Grande Valley Rd. in the Crestwood section of the township. On arrival Exeter fire crews and Exeter police [...]

Engine 1 crew called to assist Readin...

March 9, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 9 at approximately 1:40am Engine 1 was called to assist the City of Reading on a 2nd alarm structure fire at 1224 Perkiomen Ave. City crews had heavy fire venting out the back of the structure on arrival at a large vacant home. The Engine 1 crew assisted with extinguishment and overhaul of multiple void spaces before being release [...]

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