Posts tagged Ladder 1

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

June 30, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

We had a busy afternoon and early evening at Station 1. Several calls were taken care of including a medical assist and some trees on wires. However, at 5:22p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace, Oley, Reading City, Birdsboro and Exeter to the 2500 block of Grant St. for a reported stove fire with flames visible. En [...]

Rainy night Exeter Structure

April 29, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 28th just after 9p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Exeter Township(Co25) on a reported structure fire in the 100 block of E. Baumstown Rd. County advised that the smoke detectors were going off and the resident heard a “crackling noise.” First arriving units reported smoke [...]

Exeter Structure Fire

April 10, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 10th just before 1p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies to the 1400 block of Schoffer’s Rd. in Exeter for a reported structure fire. Arriving units found a well involved residential structure with smoke and fire showing. Personnel could only work from the exterior as the building was already co [...]

St. Patrick’s Shenanigans

March 18, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On March 17th things were going smoothly all day at Mt. Penn. Guess we should have known that wouldn’t last. At 7:35p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace(Co4) to Goodwill Industries in St. Lawrence for a fire alarm. Exeter Twp(Co25) had requested Company 4 to cover as they were operating at a serious crash on the e [...]

Early Morning Exeter Structure

February 11, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 11th just before 5a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire at 2 Courtleigh Place in the Crestwood section of the township. First arriving units reported heavy smoke and fire from the roof area. A second alarm was quickly struck to bring additional manp [...]

Alsace Structure Fire

January 25, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 25th at 4:40a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several other companies for a reported structure fire with entrapment in the 100 block of Magnolia Lane. Arriving crews found heavy smoke and fire throughout the home and one patient outside who was quickly taken by EMS to Lehigh Vally Hospital. They were advised of one resi [...]

Festivus Follies and Fire

December 24, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Festivus Friday, December 23rd turned out to be quite busy for many Berks fire companies including Mt. Penn. Due to the high winds and well below freezing temperatures there were plenty of calls for everybody involving trees on wires, power outages, trees down on roads, a few crashes and some structure fires. Mt. Penn was out on a dozen ca [...]

Ruscombmanor Structure Fire

December 20, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 20th just before 8am Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Ruscombmanor(Co34) on a reported structure fire at 3 Tammy Louise Drive in the township. First arriving units reported a well involved house and a second alarm was struck for additional resources. The house was up a steep driveway and an [...]

2nd Alsace Fire in 2 days

November 15, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14th shortly after 4p.m. Mt. Penn and several mutual aid companies were dispatched to 304 Spies Church Rd. in Alsace Township for a reported structure fire. Apparently, the resident came home to smoke detectors going off and heavy smoke in the building and quickly discovered the kitchen was on fire. Arriving units pulled on [...]

Alsace Structure Fire

November 14, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 13th just before 4p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with several mutual aid companies to 260 Skyline Drive for a reported structure fire with the additional of black smoke coming from the rear of the structure. First arriving units confirmed this and made it a working fire. The initial units pulled 2 lines for heavy f [...]

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

Posts tagged Ladder 1

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

Rainy night Exeter Structure

Exeter Structure Fire

St. Patrick’s Shenanigans

Early Morning Exeter Structure

Alsace Structure Fire

Festivus Follies and Fire

Ruscombmanor Structure Fire

2nd Alsace Fire in 2 days

Alsace Structure Fire

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