A reported vehicle fire on Fritztown Rd near Baker Rd in southern Spring Twp resulted in TSFRS Engine 85 and Tanker 85, plus Wyomissing Engine 79 and Adamstown Engine 11-1 being dispatched on Wednesday night June 25. Multiple calls received reported a working fire.

E85 arrived to find a fully involved vehicle as reported. The crew stretched their 1 3/4" bumper mounted hose line to initiate fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

It was a sweltering 95F morning on Monday June 23 when TSFR Rescue 85 was dispatched to eastbound Rte 422 just past the US 222 split in Wyomissing Boro to assist Wyomissing FD Station 79 on a reported vehicle crash with injuries involving a dump truck with a rollover. While responding County Communications reported that there were further reports of multiple vehicles and entrapment. R85 arrived ... (Full Story & Photos)

Just before 8 AM on Monday morning, June 23, TSFRS Rescue 85 and Western Berks EMS Medic 6511 were dispatched to the 2900 block of Windmill Road in Spring Township for a vehicle accident with injuries. As units responded, County Communications provided additional details of a vehicle into a parked school bus inside a bus storage compound, which was updated shortly thereafter with a report that a vehicle ... (Full Story & Photos)

Early Sunday morning June 22, TSFR along with our mutual aid partners were dispatched to Wilson School Lane in the Berkley Hills Townhouse development for a possible oven fire. Engine 85 arrived on location and discovered various combustible materials smoldering in and around the oven with no extension and a minor smoke condition in the residence. Accordingly, the assignment was reduced to E85 and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Rescuing cats from trees is about as cliché’ as fire department operations can get in the eyes of the public. However, a new spin on an old story was handled by TSFRS, on Wednesday morning June 18, as Rescue Engine 85 was dispatched to the 2700 block of Shillington Road in Spring Township for a reported cat trapped underneath a wheel well of a car in a parking lot. RE85s crew arrived to find a kitten ... (Full Story & Photos)

A motor vehicle crash with possible entrapment was reported on the West Shore Bypass in Wyomissing Borough late in the afternoon of Tuesday June 17. The incident was reported to be in the southbound lanes near the Paper Mill Road interchange and involved a car into a light pole. Normally TSFRS Rescue 85 would respond. However, Engine 85 was released from a previous assignment in Spring Twp and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Late in the afternoon of Tuesday June 17 TSFRS Engine 85 along with our mutual aid partners from Wyomissing (Ladder 79) and Shillington (Engine 36) were dispatched for a hazardous materials assignment to an industrial complex in the 700 block of Old Fritztown Road in Spring Township. Additional information provided upon response indicated that the emergency was for a nitrogen tank leaking on the ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday June 16, Station 85 hosted visitors from the West Lawn Library & Spring Township Library. We had over 150 attendees who listened to a book, took a station tour and finally got to see the apparatus in the engine room.

Most importantly, the kids were able to use our 9-1-1 simulator to get a better understanding of how to contact first responders for an emergency and what questions to expect ... (Full Story & Photos)