Posts in category News

Fire on the mountain

May 20, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 19th shortly before 4:30p.m. Mt. Penn, along with several other companies, was dispatched to the area of the County radio towers at 619 Skyline Drive for a reported brush fire. Numerous calls were received from the City of Reading & surrounding areas reporting smoke visible. Arriving units found about 1 acre on fire ju [...]

The week in review

April 29, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Hopefully everybody is doing well during these strange days we are in. Although the amount of calls we have been responding to has been going down there has been an increase in numbers of the amount of structure fires we have been dispatched to, most likely because more people are home and doing more cooking and other work around the house. [...]

3 Alarms in Fleetwood

April 17, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Just after midnight on April 17, Mt. Penn was dispatched as the second RIT company to supplement the Co 11(Temple) RIT. on a 3 alarm fire involving 4 buildings on E. Locust St. in Fleetwood. Arriving units had their hands full with a well involved structure that quickly spread to adjoining homes and a church. The crew from Mt. Penn stood b [...]

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 [...]

Special Message

March 19, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Due to the current situation with the Corona virus in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country it has become necessary to implement some restrictions at the Mt. Penn Fire Company. 1. Access to the station is limited to Mt. Penn Fire Company personnel only. 2. No tours of the station or other public access is permitted at this time. 3. [...]

Springing Ahead

March 5, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Not quite spring but this weekend is the time to move the clocks ahead 1 hour and change the batteries in your smoke & carbon monoxide detectors. It’s a proven fact that working detectors save lives. The few minutes of your time are well worth it!

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 [...]

Fastnacht time!

February 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Probably the best news all year! The 52nd annual Fastnacht sale will be taking place Saturday the 22nd from 8a.m.-4p.m. and Sunday the 23rd from 8a.m. until sold out or 4p.m. (whichever comes first). If you prefer convenient drive up service you can stop by the intersection of 23rd St. & Perkiomen Ave. This location is for [...]

Happy New Year!

January 2, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Last year saw us even busier than 2018 with a total of 656 calls for service in 2019. This represents our highest amount of calls in a single year……EVER! These calls included crashes, fires, alarms, loose trampolines, medical calls and a whole lot of [...]

Early structure response

December 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 28 at 2:39a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with other companies to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) with a reported structure fire at Jake’s Laundry in the 700 block of Carsonia Ave. Arriving units found an in use dryer that had caught fire causing a smoke condition throughout the building. The fire was contained to [...]

Summary of department activity

2020
Month	Total
January	39Prior Year (2019) Stats January - 69 30 less call(s) this year.
February	45Prior Year (2019) Stats February - 55 10 less call(s) this year.
March	32Prior Year (2019) Stats March - 56 24 less call(s) this year.
April	56Prior Year (2019) Stats April - 64 8 less call(s) this year.
May	45Prior Year (2019) Stats May - 49 4 less call(s) this year.
June	45Prior Year (2019) Stats June - 51 6 less call(s) this year.
July	59Prior Year (2019) Stats July - 64 5 less call(s) this year.
August	25Prior Year (2019) Stats August - 60 35 less call(s) this year.
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	346

Working Fires	10

Previous Years

2019					656
2018					553
2017					462
2016					455