Posts in category News

Assist to Reading City

December 22, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 19 shortly before 9a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched on the second alarm to assist Reading City at 1103 Spruce St. with a working fire. City units arrived with heavy fire from the first floor and in the process of fighting the fire and searching the vacant structure a firefighter went through the second floor. A mayday was sound [...]

Santa Claus is coming to town!

December 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

By a special agreement between the Fire Chief and the North Pole Travel Company this Saturday, December 19 beginning at 5p.m. that jolly old elf, Santa Claus, will be making the rounds of Mt. Penn on a fire truck. Make sure you listen for the sirens and look for the lights so you know when he is in the neighborhood. Make sure you are d [...]

Give us a hand!

December 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

With the potential for a large snowfall this week we would like to take a minute to remind you that you can help us if you have a fire hydrant near your home. As you are clearing you driveways and sidewalks take a few extra minutes to shovel out the fire hydrant. It could make all the difference for your neighborhood in the event of a fire [...]

Alsace Crash

November 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 27 just before 4p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Laureldale (Co13) and Muhlenberg (Co66) to the area of 2929 Pricetown Rd. for a vehicle fire. Berks Radio then advised this was a crash with fire, vehicle into the woods based on additional calls. Chief 13 (Feltenberger) reported a working fire with vehicle into woods on h [...]

4 firefighters earn certification

November 25, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Over the past several weeks 4 of our firefighters spent quite a bit of time reviewing and practicing the requirements for Firefighter 1 at the Montgomery County Fire Academy. This certification, which they all passed, shows that they have met a set standard for book knowledge as well as practical skills as they apply to firefighters in [...]

Turkey Day has arrived!

November 24, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

We’ve made it to Thanksgiving! Although this year has been full of challenges for everybody we hope you can all take the time to be thankful for what you have. It has been tough for everybody but here’s to better days ahead. The Mt. Penn Fire Company hopes you have an enjoyable holiday and as always, BE SAFE!

Oley Structure Fire

November 15, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 15 at 9:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies for a confirmed working structure fire to the rear of the 300 block of Main St. First arriving units had a well involved multi-bay garage with unknown contents burning. Mt. Penn crews were split with half standing by as the RIT company [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

November 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 at 3:00a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and EMS for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 300 block of Friedensburg Rd. First arriving Captain 1 (Lombardo) reported multiple vehicles but no apparent injuries. A silver sedan lost control and struck a parked vehicle, pushing it into several oth [...]

HEY THERE!

November 10, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

Hopefully everybody is doing well. Welcome to Fall! We haven’t been on here too much lately but that doesn’t mean things have stopped for your fire company. We continue to be busy with our raffles which are going well. THANK YOU for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated! We have continued to be busy with ca [...]

Back to standard time

October 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

This is the weekend to do a minor chore at your home. Daylight savings time ends and we turn the clocks back 1 hour at 2a.m. Sunday. Most of us will do that Saturday night before we go to bed. Either way, this weekend is the time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and test them to make sure they are in pr [...]

2021
Month	Total
January	51Prior Year (2020) Stats January - 39 12 more call(s) this year.
February	48Prior Year (2020) Stats February - 45 3 more call(s) this year.
March	7Prior Year (2020) Stats March - 32 25 less call(s) this year.
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	106

Working Fires	5

2020					582
2019					656
2018					553
2017					462