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April 11, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 10th shortly after 6:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, to 21 S. 23rd St. in the borough for a reported structure fire. First arriving units confirmed a working fire on the second floor. Two lines were pulled and a second alarm was called to bring additional manpower to the scene. Fortunately all [...]

Exeter Structure Fire

March 31, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 30th just after 6p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire at 206 Sunrise Rd. It was initially reported as a kitchen fire and multiple additional calls to county while units were enroute indicated a working fire with possible entrapment. A second alarm [...]

Lower Alsace Structure Fire

March 16, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 15 shortly before 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies to 2802 Filbert Ave. for a possible structure fire, reported toaster on fire. Arriving units quickly called a working fire in the kitchen area. Initially one line was used to knock down the bulk of the fire by 5p.m. but as crews accessed the se [...]

Machinery Fire in Exeter

March 8, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 7th just after 7p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, on the structure assignment to assist Exeter Township(Co25) at Arkema Inc. 1112 Lincoln Road for a machine on fire inside the building. First arriving units had heavy smoke pushing from a rear door and active fire at the machine. Two lines were [...]

Video recap of 2023

January 25, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

As mentioned in an earlier post here, 2023 was quite a year for Mt. Penn Fire Company. One of our members gathered up lots of picture and videos and put them together in a video recap of the year. So here you go:

Baby, it’s cold outside!

January 17, 2024 Written by John Eisenhard

It sure is! Combined with rain, wind, snow and ice and now Arctic temperatures. There has been a significant increase in fire calls all around the county for trees and wires down, vehicle crashes, cooking fires, structure fires and carbon monoxide alarms. We are no exception having logged almost 50 calls this year! As these condition [...]

December means….SANTA!

December 7, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

With all going on lately it’s hard to believe it’s only a short time until Christmas! It took a bit more this year to get things arranged, passports, travel documents, FAA permissions etc. but the Mt. Penn Fire Company is happy to announce that Santa Claus will be making his rounds around town with the fire trucks again in 2 [...]

Reading City 2nd Alarmer

November 14, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 13, about 8:15a.m. Mt. Penn, Lower Alsace(Co4) and Exeter(Co25) were dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading at 1323 Spruce St. for a working structure fire with possible entrapment. First arriving city units had a rowhome with heavy smoke and fire showing with extension to the homes on either side. The occ [...]

2nd Alarm Assist to Reading City

November 3, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 2nd, just before 9p.m. Engine 1 was dispatched along with Exeter(Co25) and Lower Alsace(Co4) on the second alarm to 600 S. 19th St at the former Lincoln Chemicals to assist Reading City on a working structure fire. They had been dispatched shortly before and were faced with a large working fire in this abandoned 3 story buil [...]

Early Morning Oley Fire

November 2, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 2nd, just after midnight, Ladder 1 was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Oley(Co5) with a reported structure fire in the 500 block of Manatawny Rd. near the border with Earl Township. Berks Radio gave an update of multiple callers and the police reported smoke showing from several miles out. First arr [...]

Summary of department activity

2024
Month	Fire Calls	Total
January	65	65Prior Year (2023) Stats January - 49 \| 49 16 more call(s) this year.
February	45	45Prior Year (2023) Stats February - 41 \| 41 4 more call(s) this year.
March	65	65Prior Year (2023) Stats March - 66 \| 66 1 less call(s) this year.
April	38	38Prior Year (2023) Stats April - 66 \| 66 28 less call(s) this year.
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0
Totals	213	213

Working Fires	8

Previous Years

2023					727
2022					683
2021					208
2020					582