Posts tagged truck work

Reading City 2nd Alarmer

November 14, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On November 13, about 8:15a.m. Mt. Penn, Lower Alsace(Co4) and Exeter(Co25) were dispatched on the second alarm to assist the City of Reading at 1323 Spruce St. for a working structure fire with possible entrapment. First arriving city units had a rowhome with heavy smoke and fire showing with extension to the homes on either side. The occ [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

October 31, 2023 Written by John Eisenhard

On October 30th just after 9p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace, Reading City, Birdsboro, Exeter and Oley fire companies to the 2400 block of Filbert Avenue for a reported structure fire. First arriving Deputy 1-1(Kline) had nothing showing on arrival, but further investigation soon found smoke from the second and thir [...]

Oley Structure Fire

September 25, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 25th at 1:04a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with several other companies, for a reported structure fire at 89 Moravian School Rd. in Oley Township. Central Berks Police arrived first and confirmed a large amount of smoke from the structure but unsure exactly what the source was. Arriving fire units confirmed the report and [...]

Exeter crash & fire

September 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On September 15, shortly after 10p.m. Exeter(Co25) was dispatched for a vehicle crash at 4851 Perkiomen Ave. Additional information indicated a vehicle struck a building and both were now on fire. The assignment was upgraded to a structure fire. On arrival the units found a vehicle that struck the end of the residence, [...]

Amity Township Structure Fire

July 19, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 19th just after 9a.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to assist Amity Twp (Co’s 49 & 6) and several other companies with a reported structure fire at 92 Toll Gate Rd. Amity units responding reported a visible smoke header from some distance out and on arrival found a working garage fire with extension to the residence. A second a [...]

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

July 16, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 16th right around noon Mt. Penn & several mutual aid companies were dispatched for a structure fire at 217 Friedensburg Rd. Arriving units had a working porch fire with extension to the roof & dormer area. A second alarm for manpower was called soon after. The fire was knocked down within 15 minutes but crews remained on lo [...]

Pike Township Structure

July 9, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 9th shortly before 3p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched, along with several other companies, to assist Oley (Co5) with a reported structure fire at 124 Ruppert School Rd. Responding units had no trouble finding it as a large column of smoke was visible from much of the Oley Valley Area and a second alarm was quickly struck for tankers and [...]

Laureldale Structure Fire

June 25, 2020 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 24th shortly before 10 p.m. Ladder 1 was dispatched to assist Laureldale (Co13) on what began as an automatic fire alarm but was quickly upgraded to a structure fire at Yuasa Batteries. Chief 13 (Feltenberger), responding to the AFA reported smoke & flames from the roof area on his arrival. Lines were immediately stretched &am [...]

Catching Up

September 22, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

There hasn’t been a whole lot going on the past several weeks with summer winding down & such and some of us taking well deserved vacations. On September 12 Engine 1 was dispatched to the 200 block of Rummels Ct. in Reading to assist on a 2nd alarm structure fire. The crew assisted city crews with overhaul of the involv [...]

Exeter Structure

May 2, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

On May 2 shortly after midnight Mt. Penn was dispatched with several other companies to assist Exeter(Co25) on a reported structure fire with entrapment in Brice Villa just behind the Turkey Hill. Arriving units had heavy fire showing and quickly pulled multiple lines to knock it down. There were serious exposure problems with the homes be [...]

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

Posts tagged truck work

Reading City 2nd Alarmer

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

Oley Structure Fire

Exeter crash & fire

Amity Township Structure Fire

Mt. Penn Structure Fire

Pike Township Structure

Laureldale Structure Fire

Catching Up

Exeter Structure

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