Posts tagged truck work

Early morning assists to Exeter

January 7, 2026 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 7tth just before 7a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched, along with other mutual aid companies to the 1200 block of Dauphin Pl. in eastern Exeter Township to assist with a working structure fire with entrapment. First arriving units found a well involved home and struck a second alarm for more manpower. Several lines were used to extinguis [...]

Check your home

November 16, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

As colder weather seems to be here for a while it’s a great time to check through your home as you spend more time indoors and prepare for the holiday season. Clean out clutter and look for overloaded outlets and surge protectors, have your heating system checked for proper operation and make sure your chimney is clean and solid befor [...]

3 Alarms in Lower Alsace

October 28, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 28th just before 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other mutual aid companies, to 500 Carsonia Ave. for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. Assistant 1(Lombardo) was in the area and quickly called a working fire as heavy fire and smoke was showing. Chief 4(Mountz) arrived and quickly called a seco [...]

3 Alarms in Birdsboro

February 8, 2025 Written by John Eisenhard

Danielle Hernandez photo Jennifer Randall photo J. Eisenhard photo On February 7th at 5p.m. Engine 1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist Birdsboro(Co7) and other mutual aid companies with a working structure fire in the 200 block of Schuylkill Rd. First arriving units had heavy fire and smoke showing on arrival. All pers [...]

Exeter Structure Fire

March 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 30th just after 6p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire at 206 Sunrise Rd. It was initially reported as a kitchen fire and multiple additional calls to county while units were enroute indicated a working fire with possible entrapment. A second alarm [...]

Lower Alsace Structure Fire

March 16, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 15 shortly before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies to 2802 Filbert Ave. for a possible structure fire, reported toaster on fire. Arriving units quickly called a working fire in the kitchen area. Initially one line was used to knock down the bulk of the fire by 5p.m. but as crews accessed the se [...]

Machinery Fire in Exeter

March 8, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 7th just after 7p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, on the structure assignment to assist Exeter Township(Co25) at Arkema Inc. 1112 Lincoln Road for a machine on fire inside the building. First arriving units had heavy smoke pushing from a rear door and active fire at the machine. Two lines were [...]

Video recap of 2023

January 25, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

As mentioned in an earlier post here, 2023 was quite a year for Mt. Penn Fire Company. One of our members gathered up lots of picture and videos and put them together in a video recap of the year. So here you go:

Reading City 2nd Alarmer

November 14, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 13, about 8:15a.m. Mt. Penn, Lower Alsace(Co4) and Exeter(Co25) were dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading at 1323 Spruce St. for a working structure fire with possible entrapment. First arriving city units had a rowhome with heavy smoke and fire showing with extension to the homes on either side. The occ [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

October 31, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 30th just after 9p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace, Reading City, Birdsboro, Exeter and Oley fire companies to the 2400 block of Filbert Avenue for a reported structure fire. First arriving Deputy 1-1(Kline) had nothing showing on arrival, but further investigation soon found smoke from the second and thir [...]

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