Posts in category Incidents

Lower Alsace Crash

July 30, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 29 shortly before 3p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash with injuries at Friedensburg Rd & Spook Lane. Additional information indicated a building was struck. Arriving units found a pickup truck with attached trailer had lost control coming down the hill and struck the building and ga [...]

Amity Township Structure Fire

July 19, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 19th just after 9a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to assist Amity Twp (Co’s 49 & 6) and several other companies with a reported structure fire at 92 Toll Gate Rd. Amity units responding reported a visible smoke header from some distance out and on arrival found a working garage fire with extension to the residence. A second a [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

July 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 16th right around noon Mt. Penn & several mutual aid companies were dispatched for a structure fire at 217 Friedensburg Rd. Arriving units had a working porch fire with extension to the roof & dormer area. A second alarm for manpower was called soon after. The fire was knocked down within 15 minutes but crews remained on lo [...]

Pike Township Structure

July 9, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 9th shortly before 3p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Oley (Co5) with a reported structure fire at 124 Ruppert School Rd. Responding units had no trouble finding it as a large column of smoke was visible from much of the Oley Valley Area and a second alarm was quickly struck for tankers and [...]

Early morning Alsace crash

July 7, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 7 shortly before 5a.m. Mt. Penn, Muhlenberg (Co66) and Laureldale (Co13) were dispatched to the 2000 block of McKnight’s Gap Rd for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. On arrival Chief 13 (Feltenberger) reported a vehicle into the woods with the occupants out. EMS evaluated the patient who had no apparent injuries and refu [...]

Neversink Brush Fire

July 1, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 30 about 1:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Cumru Township (Co42) with a reported brush fire on the Schuylkill River side of Neversink Mountain. The location was not pinpointed until units arrived although smoke was visible from multiple locations. Units worked from Klapperthal Junction [...]

Laureldale Structure Fire

June 25, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 24th shortly before 10 p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to assist Laureldale (Co13) on what began as an automatic fire alarm but was quickly upgraded to a structure fire at Yuasa Batteries. Chief 13 (Feltenberger), responding to the AFA reported smoke & flames from the roof area on his arrival. Lines were immediately stretched &am [...]

Pole & wires in Alsace

June 17, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 14th just before 4:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Laureldale (Co13) to the 100 block of Skyline Drive for a report of a pole & wires down that was caused by a vehicle that then left the scene. On arrival of Chief 13 (Feltenberger) he confirmed the address of 109 Skyline Dr. and that a pole was down with live wire [...]

Man rescued from woods

June 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 12th shortly before 6:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter Twp. (Co25) with the rescue of a male who was riding his bicycle and became injured after going off a small cliff he did not see along the Antietam Creek. The original location was in St. Lawrence at Happy Landings playground. After some extensive hiking & [...]

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 [...]

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