Posts tagged assist

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 [...]

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 & [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Maidencreek Structure Fire

January 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 28, just before 9a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 231 W. Wesner Rd. in Maidencreek Twp. for a reported structure fire. First arriving units had heavy fire showing from the porch area at the rear corner. The fire was quickly knocked down and the rest of the building checked for further extension with n [...]

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	10Prior Year (2019) Stats July - 64 54 less call(s) this year.
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0
Totals	272

Working Fires	6

Previous Years

2019					656
2018					553
2017					462
2016					455