Posts tagged Vehicle crash

Early morning Alsace Crash

April 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 20th just after 5:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to the 400 block of Antietam Rd. along with Co 4(Lower Alsace), Co5(Oley) and Co25(Exeter) for a vehicle flipped over with entrapment. On arrival it was confirmed 1 vehicle on its roof with everybody self-extricated. Other units were recalled with EMS evaluating all subjects refusin [...]

SOLD OUT!!!

February 25, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

The 52 annual Fastnacht sale has ended-SOLD OUT! It was a busy weekend with the sale and handling of several emergency calls from a 2nd alarm fire in Reading City to a crash in Oley and other incidents in Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace. Mark your calendar for February 13th & 14th, 2021. Thank you so much for your continued s [...]

Catching Up

September 22, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

There hasn’t been a whole lot going on the past several weeks with summer winding down & such and some of us taking well deserved vacations. On September 12 Engine 1 was dispatched to the 200 block of Rummels Ct. in Reading to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. The crew assisted city crews with overhaul of the involv [...]

Lower Alsace Entrapment

August 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 29th just before 3p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at the intersection of Prospect St. & Brighton Ave. for a vehicle crash reported with entrapment. Command also added Rescue 25(Exeter Twp) to the call. Arriving crews found 2 vehicles with a pickup truck on its side and the driver trapped. C [...]

Mid-week woes

August 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Wednesday morning started off just before 6:50a.m. when Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched for a crash with unknown injuries at S. 21st St. & Perkiomen Ave. Arriving crews found 1 vehicle that had struck 2 poles & several street signs. The driver was not injured. Crews powered down the vehicle and co [...]

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 [...]

Vehicle vs House

July 11, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 10 shortly before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 2 Heidelberg Ave. for a reported vehicle into a house with possible entrapment. Arriving units found that there was no entrapment but the vehicle had struck the house causing serious damage to a wall. Exactly how it happened remains unde [...]

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 [...]

Alsace Crash

April 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 27, just before midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Muhlenberg(Co 10) and Lower Alsace EMS(Squad 555) to Skyline Drive just off Bingaman Rd for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Deputy 1-1(Eisenhard) arrived with EMS and the township Fire Marshall(FM24) to find a vehicle on it’s roof and the sole occupant ou [...]

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
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Working Fires	0

2025					470
2024					685
2023					727
2022					683