Posts tagged Spill trailer

Early morning crash

December 22, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On December 22 shortly before 5:30a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace(Co4) on Angora Rd in the area of the Mother’s Tree for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Arriving units found the actual location to be on Angora Rd a little bit past the mudcatcher parking area. Roads in the area were slicky and icy. One [...]

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. [...]

Here and there

January 30, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

The snow ended last night but it was getting colder! Mt. Penn was dispatched as the RIT company to 529 E Wesner Rd. in Maidencreek Twp. just before 6:30a.m. Arriving units had a fire in the basement that extended to the first floor. Arriving crews encountered frozen hydrants near the scene and had to initially rely on tank water. Fortuna [...]

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 [...]

Tuesday strikes again…..sort of

February 21, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 20 shortly before 9a.m. the spill trailer was dispatched to 1273 W. Philadelphia Ave. in Colebrookdale Twp. to assist Boyertown Area Fire/Rescue(Co95) with a tractor trailer crash that was leaking large amounts of diesel fuel and heading towards the Ironstone Creek. The driver had lost control of his vehicle and ran off the right [...]

Assist to Exeter on Vehicle Crash

June 13, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 12 just before 4p.m. the spill trailer was dispatched to assist Exeter (Co25) on a vehicle crash at W. Neversink Rd. & Dewald Rd. When Exeter crews arrived they found an SUV had struck a roll-on roll off truck just behind the drivers door which heavily damaged the piping to the 40 gallon hydraulic tank causing it to rapidly leak. [...]

Early May Potpourri

May 7, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the first week of May is just about over and it has been steady for Mt. Penn. In addition to the structure fires in Oley and Birdsboro we have been dispatched to several other calls during the week keeping us busy. In what could have been a much more serious incident, the structure assignment was sent to the Hollywood Court Apartments [...]

Assist to Oley with spill trailer

September 17, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 16 the spill trailer was dispatched at 10:15a.m. to assist Oley (Co5) with a vehicle crash at the East intersection of Routes 73 & 662. A car and tractor trailer collided which caused the saddle tank on the truck to rupture and spill a large amount of diesel fuel. The crews assisted with keeping the spill contained a [...]

Rescue and HazMat trailer assist Lowe...

November 11, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 10 about 10:45a.m. the rescue truck was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) in the area of Antietam Rd. & Lewis Rd. for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. On arrival crews found a small SUV that had struck the guard rail and then went over the embankment, coming to rest at the shoreline of Antietam Lake. Fortunately [...]

Busy Columbus Day for Mt. Penn

October 13, 2015 Written by John Eisenhard

Columbus Day turned out to be busy for the Mt. Penn crew. It started with a possible structure fire in Amity Township in the vicinity of 551 Old Swede Rd. which turned out to be a normal condition from a manufacturing plant. There have been numerous calls to this location in the past and crews were shortly recalled by the officer in charge [...]

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