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Veteran’s Day

November 10, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

Well we’ve made it over halfway through fall and changing the clocks(again). The holiday season will be upon us in just a few weeks and before you know it another new year will be here. In the middle of all this is November 11th…..Veteran’s Day! This date was chosen as it was the day the Armistice was signed which br [...]

Fire Prevention Week 2023

October 11, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

Here we are, smack in the middle of Fire Prevention Week. The theme put out this year by the NFPA is Cooking safety starts with YOU! Pay attention to fire prevention When you think about it, it’s true. We all spend quite a bit of time in the kitchen, getting a cup of coffee, grabbing a snack from the fridge or cooking a meal [...]

Fall has arrived!

September 25, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

It’s been a long summer at Station 1 with our dayroom renovations. Hot & humid too as the “temporary” dayroom was out on the apparatus floor which doesn’t have air conditioning. The crew made do with a fan or two to keep air moving. Not very relaxing at all! Now we can see the end is in sight. Only a fe [...]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

November 21, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

It was a pretty busy weekend at Mt. Penn with numerous calls for trees on wires, a few brush fires, a few structure fire calls as well as several medical assists. As we rapidly approach Thanksgiving and the real start of the holiday season, we hope you take time out from the retail madness and general craziness of the world to be thankf [...]

Time to Spring Ahead

March 9, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Hard to believe it but we have almost made it through the winter season. Spring is just over a week away! We change the clocks Saturday night and as we SPRING AHEAD one hour and you get started on spring cleaning the ole homestead don’t forget to change your batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Having working [...]

FASTNACHTS—-SOLD OUT!!!

March 1, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Our 54th annual fastnacht sale is SOLD OUT! We are finished up until next year, February 18th and 19th. The officers and members of the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to say THANK YOU for your patronage and indulgence in making this sale another success. We look forward to seeing you all next year.

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	64	64Prior Year (2022) Stats September - 49 \| 49 15 more call(s) this year.
October	55	55Prior Year (2022) Stats October - 59 \| 59 4 less call(s) this year.
November	58	58Prior Year (2022) Stats November - 63 \| 63 5 less call(s) this year.
December	1	1Prior Year (2022) Stats December - 83 \| 83 82 less call(s) this year.
Totals	669	669

Working Fires	23

Previous Years

2022					683
2021					208
2020					582
2019					656