Posts in category Incidents

Passing of Exeter Firefighter

May 21, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

The Mt. Penn Fire Company extends its deepest sympathy to the family and our brothers at the Exeter Township Fire Department on the passing of Sergeant Jeremy Emerich early this morning. Jeremy was well known around the fire and EMS service in the area, both for his dedication and his humor. He was always willing to lend a hand with an [...]

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 [...]

Assist to Exeter

March 29, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 29th shortly before 3a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Co25(Exeter), along with several other companies, on a possible structure fire at Arkema Chemicals on Lincoln Rd. in the township. Crews arrived to find a large electric panel burning & contained it with extinguishers until maintenance and Met-Ed could arrive and s [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Fire, fire, fire….Part 2

February 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 13th just before 9p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with other companies including Reading City to assist Exeter Twp (Co25) with a reported structure fire at 246 Vesper Ave. in the township. First arriving units had a large shed/garage on fire with extension to a smaller one nearby. Several l [...]

2nd Alarm Structure in Earl Twp

February 13, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 13 at 11a.m. Engine 1 was dispatched along with several other companies for the 2nd alarm structure fire at 299 Manatawny Rd. in Earl Township. Chief 19 reported a column of smoke from 1/2 mile out and fire through the roof on arrival. Multiple tankers were used to supply water for the fire as crews had stre [...]

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	32Prior Year (2019) Stats May - 49 17 less call(s) this year.
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	204

Working Fires	6

Previous Years

2019					656
2018					553
2017					462
2016					455