Posts tagged Spill trailer

Boyertown Assist on crash with Haz-Ma...

October 22, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 21st shortly before 3p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for the spill trailer to assist Boyertown(Co 95) for a vehicle crash with a large diesel fuel spill at 1101 Reading Ave. in Douglass Township. This is the same as the intersection of Route 562 & Douglass Drive. A car and a tractor trailer collided which caused the t [...]

No Sunday Fun Day

July 17, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

Sunday was no break for area fire companies including Mt. Penn. The day started rather early just before 2:30a.m. when the spill trailer was requested to Broadway Avenue in Exeter Township to assist with a fuel oil tank that was leaking behind a residence. Crews found oil around the tank and into the neighbors yard. Oil absorbent pads wer [...]

Mt. Penn Mess

June 11, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 11th just after 6p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace(Co 4) & EMS to the 2700 block of Perkiomen Ave for a vehicle crash with a diesel fuel spill. Police were already on location as they had come across this while on patrol. Arriving units confirmed the dispatch information & also a large amount of diese [...]

Tractor trailer wreck in Amity

February 9, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On February 8 just before 10a.m. Mt. Penn was requested to respond with the spill trailer to 6867 Boyertown Pike in Amity Township to assist with a tractor trailer crash that was leaking fuel. First arriving units had a tractor trailer tanker fully loaded with diesel fuel which was free flowing from several holes in the tank. The driv [...]

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. [...]

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