TSFR was dispatched to Sinking Spring Boro on mutual aid to Western Berks Fire late in the afternoon of Friday November 17. Deputy Chief 18-1 arrived and reported a fully-involved vehicle. TSFR E85 Engine 85 arrived on location and deployed its front 1 ¾” bumper line to knock down the fire. eDraulic spreaders were applied to access the engine compartment and the open the driver-side door. E85 and ... (Full Story & Photos)

TSFRS was dispatched as a Rapid Intervention Team to Spruce St in the City of Reading to assist RFD on a working structure fire involving multiple row homes on Monday morning November 13. Rescue 85 arrived on location, reported to Command and personnel were immediately put to work while the RIT was covered by Command. Personnel were directed to pull an additional hoseline off of Reading Engine 5 ... (Full Story & Photos)

FP Lt Gibbs, Chief Hackman and Lt. Ahrens visited St Albans church in the Township to deliver a class on fire prevention on Monday morning November 13. The class reached 19 children and 4 adults and included a tour of Engine 85.

This was carried out despite the regular crew assisting another department on a working fire at the same time. The grand finale was watching Engine 85 depart to respond ... (Full Story & Photos)

An attempt to dispose of a hornet nest accidentally resulted in the ignition of a tree on Chapel Hill Road in southern Spring Twp on Wednesday night November 8. Units had just wrapped up another response when this call was received. TSFR Engine 85 and Wyo FD Ladder 79, along with mutual aid partners from Cumru Twp and Adamstown responded.

Units arrived to observe the homeowner applying water to ... (Full Story & Photos)

Rescue 85 was dispatched late in the afternoon on Wednesday November 8 to Broadcasting Rd and Wellington Blvd in the Drexelwood section of Spring Twp for a vehicle accident with injuries. R85 arrived to find a two-vehicle crash, with negative entrapment, but with debris down and patients being attended to by Western Berks EMS already on location. Members secured power to both vehicles stood by until ... (Full Story & Photos)

TSFR Engine 85 and Wyo FD Ladder 79 responded to Spring Crest Ct in Sinking Spring on a mutual aid structure fire assignment assisting Western Berks FD on Wednesday afternoon November 1. WBFD Deputy 18-1 reported smoke showing on the approach and declared a working fire on arrival.

E85 arrived as the first engine and dropped a 5" supply hose from the hydrant at Spring Crest Blvd. & Blanbrid Dr. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Sunday afternoon October 29, WFD Ladder 79, along with TSFR Engine 85 and Tanker 85 were dispatched to southbound Rt 222 at the 422 East split in Wyomissing Boro for a vehicle fire, reported as hay bales on fire on trailer. Additional information from Berks County Communications was that smoke was visible on their PennDOT camera feed.

L79 arrived on location and reported a working fire with ... (Full Story & Photos)

2nd grade students from Whitfield Elementary visited the station last week for their Fire Prevention activity. This week a combination of old school and new school education techniques were used to teach the remainder of the student body.

On Monday October 21, TSFR personnel visited the school in person to meet with 179 Kindergarten and 1st graders plus 18 faculty members to go over fire prevention ... (Full Story & Photos)