2nd Alarm in Laureldale

August 14, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 13 just after 11p.m. R1 was dispatched to cover R10 on the structure fire assignment for a reported deck on fire at 1511 Queen St. in Laureldale Boro. At just about the same time Chief 13 struck the second alarm which sent E1, along with several other companies, to the scene. The first arriving crews from Laureldale (Co13 [...]

Amity Township assist on Structure Fi...

August 9, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 8 at 7a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Amity (Co’s 6 &49), Birdsboro (Co7) and Exeter (Co25) for a reported structure fire at 207 Woodbridge Lane near the Amity Gardens section of the township. The residents had reported crackling behind a wall and the wall blackening around an air vent. Arriving crews found a wor [...]

Assist to Gibraltar on structure fire

August 3, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 1st while units were participating in National Night Out at the A field L1 was dispatched just before 7:30p.m. to assist Gibraltar (Co23) on a reported structure fire at 50 Walton Ave. As units were responding the police arrived and reported a working fire in a 20×30 garage. Most units had to stage on the road as the long and [...]

Vehicle crash kicks off August

August 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 1 just before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash in the 500 block of Friedensburg Rd. with one vehicle reported on its roof. Arriving units found 2 vehicles involved, one had been parked and the striking vehicle was on its roof just up the street. The occupants were able to get out thems [...]

National Night Out

July 30, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Come out and join your friends and neighbors for National Night Out at the A-field on Tuesday, August 1st from 6 to 9p.m. There will be displays, music, games, a prize raffle and many other things to see and do. Come and meet police, firefighters, EMS, sheriffs and others who serve and protect our community. If you live in Mt. Penn, Lower A [...]

Sizzling Sunday

July 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 23rd just after 9a.m. cooking breakfast quickly got out of control. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Earl (Co19), Alsace (Co8), Ruscombmanor (Co34), Fleetwood (Co45) and Exeter (Co25) to assist Oley (Co5) on the structure fire at 3339 Friedensburg Rd. The first arriving chief from Oley reported a working fire with fire through the [...]

Friday night heat

July 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 21 the day was concluded with Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co4) being dispatched for a reported vehicle fire at 250 Endlich Ave. Lt. 1 (Lombardo) arrived and reported a working engine compartment fire. One line with a Navy nozzle was pulled from E1 to extinguish the fire which was held to the engine compartment. As a side note, for t [...]

Splintered start to the Weekend

July 22, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 20th at 10a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for a report of a tree on a house in the 200 block of Endlich Ave. It was fairly quickly determined to be 263 Endlich which is in Lower Alsace Township so Company 4 was added to the assignment. Arriving units found a tree that had split and fallen onto a house, which according to the property o [...]

Fundraiser for local family

July 11, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Last week members of Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace Fire Companies responded to a vehicle vs pedestrian crash in the 600 block of Carsonia Ave. Although the father is still recovering in the hospital, baby Ezra is home and doing well. There has been an outpouring of concern from the community and last week donations were accepted at the AVCPR [...]

Assist to Lower Alsace on crash

July 4, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 3rd just before 10a.m. the Rescue was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on the Northbound side of the 600 block of Carsonia Ave. First arriving units found one vehicle had struck a father and young child causing serious injuries. EMS was requested to expedite and then a third ambulance [...]

Summary of department activity

2017
Month	Total
January	46Prior Year (2016) Stats January - 32 14 more call(s) this year.
February	36Prior Year (2016) Stats February - 46 10 less call(s) this year.
March	38Prior Year (2016) Stats March - 33 5 more call(s) this year.
April	29Prior Year (2016) Stats April - 52 23 less call(s) this year.
May	31Prior Year (2016) Stats May - 33 2 less call(s) this year.
June	35Prior Year (2016) Stats June - 31 4 more call(s) this year.
July	39Prior Year (2016) Stats July - 41 2 less call(s) this year.
August	26Prior Year (2016) Stats August - 31 5 less call(s) this year.
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	280

Working Fires	15

Previous Years

2016					455
2015					453