Posts tagged assist

Mohnton Structure Fire

November 14, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 just after 6:15a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company for a working structure fire at the Mohnton Fire Company Social Quarters located at 100 E. Summit Ave. in Mohnton Boro. Originally this came in as a fire alarm and the first arriving units confirmed a working fire which brought additional resources to the scene f [...]

Blandon Structure Fire

October 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 28 just before 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 357 Lindberg Ave in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units from Blandon (Co12) had heavy fire and smoke showing. The fire was knocked down within 10 minutes and placed under control in 20 minutes. Crews remained on th [...]

Structure fire assist in Union

October 12, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 11 shortly before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with numerous companies from Chester & Montgomery Counties, as the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for a structure fire in Union Township to assist Birdsboro/Union FD (Co7). Arriving units at 335 Woodglen Rd. found a well involved house fire that quickly caused t [...]

Lower Alsace Entrapment

August 29, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 29th just before 3p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) at the intersection of Prospect St. & Brighton Ave. for a vehicle crash reported with entrapment. Command also added Rescue 25(Exeter Twp) to the call. Arriving crews found 2 vehicles with a pickup truck on its side and the driver trapped. C [...]

Assist to Amity on Water Rescue

July 11, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly after 5p.m. on July 11th the ladder was requested to respond to Toll Gate Rd & Old Swede Rd to assist Amity Twp units as well as water rescue teams for a car that was swept off the road by the torrential rains that primarily took place East of Reading during the afternoon and evening. The ladder was set up so that water res [...]

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 [...]

Exeter Structure

May 2, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2 shortly after midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched with several other companies to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire with entrapment in Brice Villa just behind the Turkey Hill. Arriving units had heavy fire showing and quickly pulled multiple lines to knock it down. There were serious exposure problems with the homes be [...]

Amity Structure Fire

April 27, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 26 around 8:30p.m. the ladder was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Amity(Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire in the 100 block of Maplewood Dr. Arriving units had heavy fire showing from the second floor front and quickly placed 2 lines in service. Other units vented the roof and s [...]

Fire on the Mountain

April 17, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 17 at 12:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4), Reading City and several other county companies on a working brush fire on Neversink Mountain. Pinpointing the exact location initially proved challenging as Berks Radio was getting several calls from multiple areas around the mountain reporting the fire.&nb [...]

Oley Structure Fire

April 3, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 3rd about 1:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched with several other companies to assist Oley(Co 5) on a reported structure fire in the 200 block of Mud Run Rd. First arriving units had a house back a long lane with fire showing up the front of the house. Supply line was laid up the lane from Mud Run Rd and a second alarm for [...]

Summary of department activity

2019
Month	Total
January	69Prior Year (2018) Stats January - 46 23 more call(s) this year.
February	55Prior Year (2018) Stats February - 43 12 more call(s) this year.
March	56Prior Year (2018) Stats March - 38 18 more call(s) this year.
April	64Prior Year (2018) Stats April - 45 19 more call(s) this year.
May	49Prior Year (2018) Stats May - 45 4 more call(s) this year.
June	51Prior Year (2018) Stats June - 36 15 more call(s) this year.
July	64Prior Year (2018) Stats July - 55 9 more call(s) this year.
August	60Prior Year (2018) Stats August - 51 9 more call(s) this year.
September	36Prior Year (2018) Stats September - 45 9 less call(s) this year.
October	51Prior Year (2018) Stats October - 46 5 more call(s) this year.
November	23Prior Year (2018) Stats November - 60 37 less call(s) this year.
December	0
Totals	578

Working Fires	17

Previous Years

2018					553
2017					462
2016					455
2015					453