Posts tagged Rescue 1

Mt. Penn Crash

June 15, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 14th just before 9:30p.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) along with EMS were dispatched for a vehicle crash with injuries at Perkiomen Ave. & S. 23rd St. Arriving units found 3 vehicles with one person injured. On the arrival of EMS that patient was packaged and transported to the hospital. Others involved suffered no inju [...]

Assist to Exeter on serious crash

May 2, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 30, shortly after 8p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Exeter(Co25) to 37th St. and Perkiomen Ave. for a vehicle crash with entrapment, multiple patients. On arrival there were two cars with 3 people trapped on the eastbound side of the road. The occupants of one car were freed quickly and sent off to the hospital with EMS. [...]

Exeter Double Shot

April 27, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On April 27 shortly before 1a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched with several other companies to assist Co 25(Exeter) at the Applebees restaurant for a structure fire. Initially the call was dispatched as an automatic fire alarm but the police confirmed a working fire on arrival with flames from the roof and had the assignment upgraded. Crews [...]

Early morning Alsace Crash

March 13, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

Just before 3a.m. on March 13, Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Laureldale(Co13) and Muhlenberg Twp(Co 66) to Skyline Drive & Beech Lane for a reported vehicle crash. Additional information from County indicated 1 vehicle on its roof and possibly somebody inside deceased. Chief 13(Feltenberger) arrived and confirmed that the car was [...]

Lower Alsace Crash

January 20, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 19th about 3:15p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) with fluids down after a no-injury crash on Skyline Drive approximately 1/4 mile North of List Rd. On arrival units found a single vehicle leaking fluids after striking the wall at high speed. All of the occupants were out & walking around with no ap [...]

2nd alarm assist to City

January 4, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 2 just before 11:30p.m. Engine 1 & Rescue 1 were dispatched to assist Reading City on the 2nd alarm for 1240 Chestnut St, structure fire with entrapment. The first arriving city units had heavy fire venting from the 1st floor with extension to the 2nd floor & reports of people still inside. Lines were quickly pulled [...]

Alsace Crash

November 28, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 27 just before 4p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Laureldale (Co13) and Muhlenberg (Co66) to the area of 2929 Pricetown Rd. for a vehicle fire. Berks Radio then advised this was a crash with fire, vehicle into the woods based on additional calls. Chief 13 (Feltenberger) reported a working fire with vehicle into woods on h [...]

Mt. Penn Crash

November 14, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 14 at 3:00a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) and EMS for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 300 block of Friedensburg Rd. First arriving Captain 1 (Lombardo) reported multiple vehicles but no apparent injuries. A silver sedan lost control and struck a parked vehicle, pushing it into several oth [...]

Alsace Crash

October 18, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 17 shortly before 7:30p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4), Oley (Co5) and Exeter (Co25) to Antietam Rd. in the area of Simmons Rd. for a vehicle crash with injuries. On arrival a car was found to have struck a tree about 10ft off the road with all occupants out. The driver was injured and transported to th [...]

Lower Alsace Crash

July 30, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 29 shortly before 3p.m. Rescue 1 was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash with injuries at Friedensburg Rd & Spook Lane. Additional information indicated a building was struck. Arriving units found a pickup truck with attached trailer had lost control coming down the hill and struck the building and ga [...]

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	17	17Prior Year (2022) Stats June - 50 \| 50 33 less call(s) this year.
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0
Totals	303	303

Working Fires	14

Previous Years

2022					683
2021					208
2020					582
2019					656

Posts tagged Rescue 1

Mt. Penn Crash

Assist to Exeter on serious crash

Exeter Double Shot

Early morning Alsace Crash

Lower Alsace Crash

2nd alarm assist to City

Alsace Crash

Mt. Penn Crash

Alsace Crash

Lower Alsace Crash

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