Antietam Valley Street Fair

June 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Come on out June 24 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. and join the community in the annual street fair. There will be over 50 vendors as well as games, cars and firetrucks! Don’t forget to buy a duck for the race down Antietam Creek or join in the pie eating contest! The weather looks like it is going to be decent with the rain moving out so brin [...]

Summer day sizzling!

June 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 22 at 5p.m. E1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25) to the rear of 2980 St. Lawrence Ave. in St. Lawrence for a trash fire near a pole. Arriving units found a couch and other debris on fire which was quickly knocked down with a single line. Units were able to clear less than 20 minutes later. Courtesy of Terrie Bortz Just [...]

Assist to Exeter on Vehicle Crash

June 13, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 12 just before 4p.m. the spill trailer was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) on a vehicle crash at W. Neversink Rd. & Dewald Rd. When Exeter crews arrived they found an SUV had struck a roll-on roll off truck just behind the drivers door which heavily damaged the piping to the 40 gallon hydraulic tank causing it to rapidly leak. [...]

Heads Up for Safe Driving

June 5, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

As we all know, it’s that time of year when school is ending, people are going on vacations and getting outside with the onset of warmer weather. This, of course, leads to more traffic on the roads. We would like to remind you to be safe out there on the roads and pay attention to your surroundings. As of today, in Berks County, the [...]

Training and tour

May 25, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On a recent Tuesday night, the Mt. Penn crew joined up with the crew from Exeter Twp. to take a tour of the new Acrylabs production facility on Prospect St. in St. Lawrence Boro. The facility manufactures a unique roof coating system that can be applied over just about any type of existing roof surface and is renewable which means less debri [...]

Passing of former member

May 21, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

The Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to take a minute and remember former firefighter Jeremy Marquette who passed away on May 18th, 2017. He was with us for just a few years back in the early to mid 90’s before moving on to bigger and better things in life. He loved his family and music and was quite a drummer and will be missed by ma [...]

Tuesday Training

May 10, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On Tuesday the 9th we changed it up a bit and the crew went to the Berks County Fire Training Center to practice hoseline advancement. The engine was set up at the hydrant and the crew was divided into engine and truck company, alternating for each evolution. Those assigned engine were given a problem such as basement fire, 3rd floor fire e [...]

Early May Potpourri

May 7, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the first week of May is just about over and it has been steady for Mt. Penn. In addition to the structure fires in Oley and Birdsboro we have been dispatched to several other calls during the week keeping us busy. In what could have been a much more serious incident, the structure assignment was sent to the Hollywood Court Apartments [...]

2 structure fire assists in 8 hours-O...

May 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 1 just after 4p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to 2017 Memorial Highway to assist Oley for a reported barn on fire. As units were responding dispatch advised of multiple calls reporting a working fire. Deputy 5 reported heavy smoke from Oley Village and just as the first units were arriving requested [...]

Assist to Alsace on structure fire

April 19, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 18 just after 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company on the second alarm to assist Alsace Manor (C08) at 118 Beacon Hill Rd. The initial alarm was dispatched only minutes earlier with Berks Communications reporting multiple calls as well as PSP helicopter Trooper 1 in the area reporting a working fire. First arriving cre [...]

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	31Prior Year (2016) Stats June - 31
July	0
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	211

Working Fires	10

Previous Years

2016					455
2015					453