Posts in category Vehicle Crash

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 [...]

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 [...]

Catching Up

September 22, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

There hasn’t been a whole lot going on the past several weeks with summer winding down & such and some of us taking well deserved vacations. On September 12 Engine 1 was dispatched to the 200 block of Rummels Ct. in Reading to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. The crew assisted city crews with overhaul of the involv [...]

Alsace Township Crash

July 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 29th just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Company 4 (Lower Alsace) and Company 5 (Oley) to the 1900 block of Friedensburg Rd for a crash with possible entrapment. Chief 5 (Kline) arrived & confirmed everybody was out, one vehicle on its roof. Oley handled one vehicle while Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace handled the s [...]

Vehicle vs House

July 11, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 10 shortly before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at 2 Heidelberg Ave. for a reported vehicle into a house with possible entrapment. Arriving units found that there was no entrapment but the vehicle had struck the house causing serious damage to a wall. Exactly how it happened remains unde [...]

Monday Strikes Again!

June 18, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Monday got off to a quick start shortly after 7:30a.m. when Exeter(Co25) and Mt. Penn were sent to Prospect St. & Oley Turnpike Rd for a pedestrian struck. Units arrived to find a teen with serious injuries after being struck by a car. Personnel assisted EMS with patient packaging for transport. Just after 11:30 Mt. Penn & Lower A [...]

Alsace Crash

April 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 27, just before midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Muhlenberg(Co 10) and Lower Alsace EMS(Squad 555) to Skyline Drive just off Bingaman Rd for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Deputy 1-1(Eisenhard) arrived with EMS and the township Fire Marshall(FM24) to find a vehicle on it’s roof and the sole occupant ou [...]

Rescue assists on crash

August 7, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 6 at 6:20p.m. the rescue was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) on a vehicle crash at Hill Rd. & Glen Rd. Arriving units found 2 vehicles in the intersection with several people injured. Deputy 4-1(Mountz) directed Engine 4 to handle the vehicles and Rescue 1 to assist EMS with patient care. Additional ambulances were ca [...]

Late night Mt. Penn crash

July 10, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Just after 10:30p.m. on July 9th, Mt. Penn & Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched to the area of Howard Blvd. & Dengler St. in the boro for a crash with unknown injuries. Updated information from County stated that the occupants had apparently fled the scene. Deputy 1-1( Eisenhard) arrived and confirmed the report, also confirming min [...]

Lower Alsace Crash

June 28, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 27 just about 2:30p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 1900 block of Butter Lane. Deputy 1-1 (Eisenhard) arrived with one vehicle on its side and the occupant out and uninjured. Deputy 4-1 (Mountz) was provided the updated information and had the units slow to nor [...]

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