Posts tagged Fire

Just about June

May 31, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a busy few days here as we wrap up May and get ready to move into June. On May 30 shortly after 8p.m. the ladder was sent to cover Western Berks Fire Station 2 while they were operating at a 2nd alarm structure fire on Water Rd. in Lower Heidelberg Twp. While on standby L1 covered 2 medical assists in South Heidelberg Twp. [...]

Springtime is not always sweet

May 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

May 8th proved to be a beautiful but busy day at Mt. Penn. Just before 6a.m. the Ladder was dispatched to assist Amity (Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire at 551 Old Swede Rd. Units were held at station and then recalled when it was again found out that the venting from the stack was just was normal operating conditions at [...]

A little bit of everything

May 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Thursday turned out to be a busy day at Mt. Penn. About 11:30 we were dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with a reported brush fire across from the old caretakers house at Antietam Lake. Arriving personnel found an area of about 75×75 feet burning slowly just off the fire trail. A line was raked around the fire until brush units [...]

Haz-Mat response to Douglass Township

April 22, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 21 shortly after 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to respond with the spill trailer to 56 Edge Hill Rd. in Douglass Township. A while earlier several companies were dispatched for a reported structure fire at that address. A large garage had become involved due to a controlled burn that got out of hand. The structure fire would g [...]

3rd Alarm in Mt. Penn

April 6, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 6 shortly after 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Exeter (Co25), Birdsboro(Co7), Reading City and Oley (Co5) for a reported structure fire in the 1900 block of Woodvale Ave. As crews were responding Deputy 4-1(Mountz) arrived and reported a working fire with fire through the roof of 1951 Woodvale. All oc [...]

Daytime work in Douglass

March 1, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Just about 12:15p.m. on February 28 Mt. Penn and several other departments were dispatched to assist Amity(Co49) on a possible structure fire at 723 Constitution Ave. Mt. Penn was the designated RIT company. Shortly after responding it was declared a working fire by an arriving police officer. On the arrival of R1 command immediately ordere [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day-Part IV

February 14, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Well the apparent Terrible Tuesday curse continues for the 4th week in a row at Mt. Penn with the crews logging 5 runs, 4 of them between 5:20p.m. and 9:00p.m. The start was early, just after midnight with the ladder being dispatched to assist Gibralter(Co 23) on a reported structure fire at 103 Proudfoot Dr. Units were quickly recalled when [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day continues̷...

February 7, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

For the third Tuesday in a row the streak continues…. Just after 5 p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for the QRS run to the 2600 block of Perkiomen Ave. for an older male with breathing problems. The crew obtained vital signs and administered oxygen to assist with breathing until EMS arrived. They then helped get him to the ambulance from [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day-Part II

January 30, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

Similar to last Tuesday, January 30 was another eventful day at Mt. Penn. Just after 8a.m the rescue was dispatched to assist Alsace Manor (Co8) at Antietam and Basket Rds for a vehicle crash with injuries. Arriving crews found 2 vehicles with the drivers having minor injuries. Crews powered down the vehicles and applied oil dry to spilled [...]

Weird Wednesday

January 4, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

It started early but seemed normal with being dispatched to assist the City of Reading in the 500 block of N. 9th St for a smell of gas shortly before 2a.m. Units were recalled within a few minutes as the city was able to free up from another call. Just after 9:30a.m. it was a fire alarm in the 1300 block of Carsonia Ave. Deputy 4-1 (Mou [...]

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	35	35Prior Year (2023) Stats April - 66 \| 66 31 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	210	210

Working Fires	8

Previous Years

2023					727
2022					683
2021					208
2020					582