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Pike Township Structure

July 9, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 9th shortly before 3p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Oley (Co5) with a reported structure fire at 124 Ruppert School Rd. Responding units had no trouble finding it as a large column of smoke was visible from much of the Oley Valley Area and a second alarm was quickly struck for tankers and [...]

Neversink Brush Fire

July 1, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 30 about 1:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Cumru Township (Co42) with a reported brush fire on the Schuylkill River side of Neversink Mountain. The location was not pinpointed until units arrived although smoke was visible from multiple locations. Units worked from Klapperthal Junction [...]

Man rescued from woods

June 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 12th shortly before 6:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter Twp. (Co25) with the rescue of a male who was riding his bicycle and became injured after going off a small cliff he did not see along the Antietam Creek. The original location was in St. Lawrence at Happy Landings playground. After some extensive hiking & [...]

Maidencreek Structure Fire

January 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 28, just before 9a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 231 W. Wesner Rd. in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units had heavy fire showing from the porch area at the rear corner. The fire was quickly knocked down and the rest of the building checked for further extension with n [...]

Blandon Structure Fire

October 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 28 just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 357 Lindberg Ave in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units from Blandon (Co12) had heavy fire and smoke showing. The fire was knocked down within 10 minutes and placed under control in 20 minutes. Crews remained on th [...]

Alsace Township Crash

July 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 29th just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Company 4 (Lower Alsace) and Company 5 (Oley) to the 1900 block of Friedensburg Rd for a crash with possible entrapment. Chief 5 (Kline) arrived & confirmed everybody was out, one vehicle on its roof. Oley handled one vehicle while Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace handled the s [...]

Monday Strikes Again!

June 18, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Monday got off to a quick start shortly after 7:30a.m. when Exeter(Co25) and Mt. Penn were sent to Prospect St. & Oley Turnpike Rd for a pedestrian struck. Units arrived to find a teen with serious injuries after being struck by a car. Personnel assisted EMS with patient packaging for transport. Just after 11:30 Mt. Penn & Lower A [...]

Memorial Day

May 22, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Hard to believe but Memorial Day is almost upon us! We hope that you will all take a break for a bit and remember the ultimate price that so many of our veterans made in order that we are able to enjoy so many freedoms today. Mt. Penn will be participating in the Exeter Memorial Day Parade on Monday from the Exeter High School to [...]

Amity Structure Fire

April 27, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 26 around 8:30p.m. the ladder was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Amity(Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire in the 100 block of Maplewood Dr. Arriving units had heavy fire showing from the second floor front and quickly placed 2 lines in service. Other units vented the roof and s [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

April 23, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Just to keep things interesting around town, on April 22, 2019 right around 9p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace(Co4) to the 1900 block of Fairview Ave. for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries and fire. Arriving units found 2 cars along the curb that had been struck and 1 car on its roof in the middle of the street [...]

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