On the morning of July 11, TSFRS Engine 85 was dispatched to a nursing facility on Reading Avenue in West Reading to assist Station 64 on a fire alarm assignment that was upgraded to a structure fire almost immediately. E85 arrived and assumed first due engine responsibilities, connected to the sprinkler/standpipe the fire department connection and established their own water supply. The crew then ... (Full Story & Photos)

Just after sunup on Friday morning July 10, TSFRS Engine 85 and Fire Police responded to Rte. 422 eastbound just prior to the North Wyomissing blvd. exit in Wyomissing Boro on a mutual aid response for a reported tractor trailer fire. PA State Police were on location reporting a brake fire on a semi-trailer.

Engine 85 arrived on location and originally set up for blocking behind first due Ladder ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Summer Adventure Camp located at the Body Zone Sports Complex on Paper Mill Road in Spring Township provides a day camp for kids that includes swimming, ice skating, sports on giant fields, arts and crafts and special Monday Art Classes. They also have outdoor programs like a camp garden project, weekly themed activities and rotating attractions.

One of those outdoor attractions was held on ... (Full Story & Photos)

This page frequently highlights and memorializes our fire service brothers and sisters who have passed away, and generally only when it happens in the line of duty. Therefore, a lot of people may not understand that a popular soap opera star, who also appeared in a number of other TV shows and movies, could be one of the most respected if not beloved figures in the fire and EMS worlds. However, ... (Full Story & Photos)

TSFRS Rescue 85 and Fire Police responded to assist West Reading FD Company 64, Western Berks EMS and Reading FD Rescue 1 on Rte. 422 at the Penn Street Bridge in West Reading Boro in the early evening of Monday July 6 for a vehicle crash reported to be with entrapment. While R85 was enroute, Western Berks EMS Medic 6521 arrived and confirmed injuries with heavy entrapment.

Once on location, crews ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday afternoon July 6, TSFRS and Western Berks EMS were dispatched to the intersection of Penn Avenue and Riegle Ave in the West Lawn section of Spring Township for vehicle crash with unknown injuries. As the units were enroute Berks County Communications reported 2 vehicles involved, with one possible injury.

Upon arrival, Engine 85 provide immediate scene traffic blockage on the west bound ... (Full Story & Photos)

TSFRS Rescue 85, Fire Police and Western Berks EMS Medic 6521 were dispatched to the intersection of Penn Avenue and Perkasie Avenue in the West Lawn section of Spring Township on the evening of July 4. The call was reported as a vehicle crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle. R85 arrived on location simultaneously with M6521 and the medic unit staff with patient care and packaging under their ... (Full Story & Photos)

On the 4th of July, TSFRS participated in the annual parade in Wyomissing. Engine 85 joined our neighbors in Wyomissing in the annual event that is attended by over 10000 viewers (based on the number of flags handed out). The temperatures which had been in triple digit country leading up to the event, moderated and made the day bearable. In addition to bands, floats, cars, bikes and a variety of ... (Full Story & Photos)