Posts tagged truck work

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 [...]

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 [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Structure

March 17, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly before 9a.m. on March 17, Mt. Penn was dispatched with several other companies to assist Birdsboro (Co7) with a reported structure fire in the 100 block of S. Mill St. Berks County Communications gave additional information to Chief 7 (Kulp) that the police were reporting a large amount of smoke from that area as well and he ar [...]

Oley Structure Fire

February 18, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Chris Young/Fleetwood Fire Photo Fleetwood Fire Photo Chris Young/Fleetwood Fire Photo On February 18 shortly after 12:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Oley (Co5) and several other companies for a reported structure fire at 456 Main St. Response time for the first arriving units was short as this is just up the street from [...]

Structure fire with entrapment

January 8, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 7, shortly before 11p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with units from Lower Alsace, Exeter, Oley, Birdsboro and the City of Reading to 2709 Perkiomen Ave. for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. First arriving units quickly confirmed a working fire on the 1st floor with one person trapped on the second floor. [...]

Structure fire assist to Exeter

December 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Shortly before 7p.m. on December 7 the ladder was dispatched with several other companies to assist on a possible structure fire, reported dryer fire at 3819 Perkiomen Ave. Arriving crews at the house, which is behind Heck Bros. Florist, found heavy smoke and visible fire on the C side of the building and pulled one line.&nbs [...]

Building Search Training

November 8, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

This past Tuesday we took a little road trip to an acquired structure to do some training on building searches. A smoke machine was used to produce a zero visibility environment. Crews first searched for the victim in the traditional way of following a wall and then sweeping the room with a tool. They averaged 10-14 minutes to complete th [...]

2 Alarms in Exeter

September 2, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 1 at 8:20p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) and numerous other companies as the RIT company for a reported structure fire at 1201 Pineland Rd. in Exeter. Even before responding, the communications center was advising of multiple calls from as far as a mile away reporting a working fire. First arriving units q [...]

Ladder 1 assist Cumru on Structure Fi...

May 3, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2 shortly before 8p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched as the RIT company to 200 Tranquility Lane, The Heritage at Green Hills in Cumru Township for a reported structure fire. The initial arriving units had been dispatched for a smoke alarm activation as well as a sprinkler flow alarm. The call was upgraded to a structure fire after addition [...]

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