Posts tagged Vehicle fire

Trash Truck Trouble in Mt. Penn

June 18, 2022 Written by John Eisenhard

On January 18th just after 8:30a.m. Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace(Co4) were dispatched to the Dollar Tree on Perkiomen Ave. for a reported trash truck on fire with multiple calls being received. Arriving units found a large pile of trash burning in the parking lot between Dollar Tree and Antietam Academy where the quick thinking driver had dump [...]

Mt. Penn Thursday Night

December 10, 2021 Written by John Eisenhard

Well we stayed local for Thursday with a crash and car fire. Just after 5p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched, along with Lower Alsace(Co4) & Lower Alsace EMS(Squad555) to the intersection of Perkiomen Avenue & S. 27th St. for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. On arrival 2 cars were found with one having been pushed up over the cu [...]

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 [...]

Hazy, Hot & Fire

August 7, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

Just before 12:30p.m. on August 6 Mt. Penn was dispatched with Lower Alsace(Co4) to 21st St. & Perkiomen Ave for a vehicle fire involving a trash truck. On arrival Dep 1-1 (Eisenhard) confirmed a trash truck that had dumped its cargo on the street which was actively burning. E1 pulled 2 lines and was supplied by E4 to kno [...]

Welcome 2019!

January 1, 2019 Written by John Eisenhard

All of us at the Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to wish you a safe and Happy New Year! Let’s stay safe in 2019. We finished 2018 with 553 calls that covered everything from fires, vehicle crashes, rescues, fire alarms, assisting other departments and assisting the police and public works. This year marked the most [...]

Springtime is not always sweet

May 9, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

May 8th proved to be a beautiful but busy day at Mt. Penn. Just before 6a.m. the Ladder was dispatched to assist Amity (Co’s 49 & 6) with a reported structure fire at 551 Old Swede Rd. Units were held at station and then recalled when it was again found out that the venting from the stack was just was normal operating conditions at [...]

Tuesday is Variety Day continues̷...

February 7, 2018 Written by John Eisenhard

For the third Tuesday in a row the streak continues…. Just after 5 p.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched for the QRS run to the 2600 block of Perkiomen Ave. for an older male with breathing problems. The crew obtained vital signs and administered oxygen to assist with breathing until EMS arrived. They then helped get him to the ambulance from [...]

Mt. Penn vehicle fire

December 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Things have slowed down a bit this month but just after 3p.m. on December 23rd Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Lower Alsace (Co4) for a reported vehicle fire at 103 N. 23rd St. in the borough. On the arrival of Lt. 1 (Lombardo) he confirmed a well involved engine compartment fire. When E1 arrived they pulled the front bumper line and wer [...]

Friday night heat

July 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 21 the day was concluded with Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co4) being dispatched for a reported vehicle fire at 250 Endlich Ave. Lt. 1 (Lombardo) arrived and reported a working engine compartment fire. One line with a Navy nozzle was pulled from E1 to extinguish the fire which was held to the engine compartment. As a side note, for t [...]

GOODBYE 2016!

December 31, 2016 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, 2016 has finally come to an end! It’s been quite a ride and hopefully everybody can look back, take a deep breath and move ahead to 2017. It’s also been quite a year for the volunteers at Mt. Penn. We answered a new record high of calls this past year although the number of “working fires” was down. In [...]