Posts tagged Fire

Exeter Electrical Emergency

June 21, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 21st just before noon Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire at the Mt. Penn Water Authority facility located at 214 Midland Ave. On arrival Deputy 25-2(Chamberlain) reported a pole and wires down and on fire inside the facility. The transformers on the pole [...]

RIT Crew responds to Exeter

May 2, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2nd shortly after 2a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to assist Exeter(Co25) and several other companies for a possible structure fire at Total Recycle located at 1270 Lincoln Rd. in the township. Chief 25(Bickings) reported smoke in the building on his arrival and was advised of a fire in the sorting/conveyor machine th [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mid-week woes

August 28, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Wednesday morning started off just before 6:50a.m. when Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched for a crash with unknown injuries at S. 21st St. & Perkiomen Ave. Arriving crews found 1 vehicle that had struck 2 poles & several street signs. The driver was not injured. Crews powered down the vehicle and co [...]

Hazy, Hot & Fire

August 7, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Just before 12:30p.m. on August 6 Mt. Penn was dispatched with Lower Alsace(Co4) to 21st St. & Perkiomen Ave for a vehicle fire involving a trash truck. On arrival Dep 1-1 (Eisenhard) confirmed a trash truck that had dumped its cargo on the street which was actively burning. E1 pulled 2 lines and was supplied by E4 to kno [...]

Time to Fall Back!

October 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It doesn’t seem possible that October is already gone and November is knocking on the door. This weekend it’s time to reset the clocks BACK one hour before you go to bed Saturday night as daylight savings time comes to an end. Before you go to bed remember to take a few minutes and change the batteries in your smoke and carbon [...]

Fire Prevention Week

October 12, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware – fire can happen anywhere. This was the message for 2018 Fire Prevention Week which the crew took with them as they visited Antietam Academy, St. Catherine’s and the Mt. Penn Primary Center today. In addition to the message, the kids were able to see and hear a firefighter in full gear and SCBA. In the [...]

Goodwill dumpster fire

September 8, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 7th just before 2:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies to assist Exeter (Co25) on a reported structure fire at the Goodwill Industries, 3001 St. Lawrence Ave. Additional information from County indicated a dumpster fire. Arriving units quickly confirmed a working compactor/dumpster fire at one end [...]

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 [...]

Summary of department activity

2023
Month	Fire Calls	Total
January	49	49Prior Year (2022) Stats January - 60 \| 60 11 less call(s) this year.
February	41	41Prior Year (2022) Stats February - 56 \| 56 15 less call(s) this year.
March	66	66Prior Year (2022) Stats March - 48 \| 48 18 more call(s) this year.
April	66	66Prior Year (2022) Stats April - 59 \| 59 7 more call(s) this year.
May	64	64Prior Year (2022) Stats May - 48 \| 48 16 more call(s) this year.
June	67	67Prior Year (2022) Stats June - 50 \| 50 17 more call(s) this year.
July	89	89Prior Year (2022) Stats July - 60 \| 60 29 more call(s) this year.
August	49	49Prior Year (2022) Stats August - 48 \| 48 1 more call(s) this year.
September	44	44Prior Year (2022) Stats September - 49 \| 49 5 less call(s) this year.
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0
Totals	535	535

Working Fires	18

Previous Years

2022					683
2021					208
2020					582
2019					656