SAVE THE DATE!
The 85 house is planning a community event and Open House at our station on Monroe Avenue on October 26 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Please come and join us for a day of fun, food and activities. There will be displays and demonstrations of fire and rescue equipment, fire prevention and safety education and a variety of giveaways and gifts for all.

This year, the event will include a ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday night shorty after 9pm, Engine 85 was dispatched with Company 42 (Cumru Township FD) for a Structure Fire in the 200 block of Hunters Rd. In Cumru Township. Captain 42 arrived on location with a fully invoiced 30 x 30 shed. E85 arrived and assisted Tanker 42 and Engine 57 with suppression and overhaul. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday 10/14/24 at approximately 10:13am the TSFR and multiple mutual aid departments were dispatched to the 100 block of Goose Lane in Spring Twp. for a structure fire, reported to be a barn. Units arrived on location and reported a working fire. Multiple tanker were requested to the scenes to establish a water supply. The fire was contained the original fire building. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday evening a little after 8pm, Engine 85 was dispatched to assist Company 26 (Robesonia) on a working Structure Fire in Heidelberg Township. Company 26 was dispatched for a farm tractor on fire with an extension to a barn. Engine 85 arrived location and the crew assisted with fire extuishment and protecting a cattle barn on the C side of the hay barn

While the crew was working, E85 relocated ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday night October 9, TSFR was tasked with operating the County DES Mobile Mass Decontamination Trailer at the Berks County Fire Training Center on Morgantown Road. The trailer was staged with the County Haz Mat team during the visit of presidential candidate Donald Trump to the Santander Arena in downtown Reading.

The mobile decon unit is designed to move multiple persons exposed to any ... (Full Story & Photos)

Our Monday night drill on October 7 covered basic hose and ladder operations in preparation for our second and final Department wide drill planned for later in the month. Engine and Tanker 85 were positioned on the ramp. One team of members then deployed an extension ladder and a roof ladder from Tanker 85, extended them to the roof of the station on the West Wyomissing Blvd and then ascended to ... (Full Story & Photos)

Information from www.NFPA.org

This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Smoke alarms, Make them work for you!™” strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home.

Install:
- Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement) of the home.

Test:
- Test smoke alarms at least ... (Full Story & Photos)

Operation of a residential sprinkler limited damage in a kitchen fire that occurred late in the afternoon of Sunday October 6 in the Springmont community in northern Spring Township. A structure fire assignment was dispatched with Initial information described a stove fire, possibly out. TSFR responded, along with Wyomissing FD Engine 79, Reading FD Engine 3 and Ladder 1, West Reading Engine 64, Muhlenberg ... (Full Story & Photos)