TSFR with the support of with our friends at the Spring Township Libraries and Parks and Recreation Department, hosted a second Library Day at Station 85 for approximately 125 children and adults on Tuesday June 9.

As has been our practice the event included two book readings and crafts provided by the Library in our training room, both featuring our Township librarians. The families were then able ... (Full Story & Photos)

A possible fire involving the porch of a residence on Wellington Blvd in neighboring Wyomissing Boro on Thursday afternoon June 4, had TSFRS Engine 85 responding as part of full structure assignment, assisting Company 79.

E85 arrived at a 2-story residence with light smoke from the front porch. The crew stretched a hose line and discovered a burning planter box that had extended to the siding and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Tanker 85 participated in a regional tanker drill in Lancaster County on Tuesday evening June 2. The training exercise was sponsored by the Cocalico Area Fire Department in the Reamstown/Smokestown area and simulated a house fire with no fixed water supply. Nine tankers from area fire departments ran a shuttle between the simulated fire scene and a remote refilling site that used a pond for supply. ... (Full Story & Photos)

A possible structure fire was reported in an apartment building on Wyoming Drive in the Berkshire Hills neighborhood of Spring Township on Tuesday afternoon June 2. The initial information was that a scooter was on fire inside the apartment with flames and smoke visible. Accordingly, County Communications dispatched TSFRS for Engine 85, Wyomissing FD for Ladder 79, Western Berks FD for Ladder 18 ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday morning June 1, TSFRS along with our partners from Western Berks Fire and Wyomissing Fire, were dispatched to a reported vehicle crash without injury but with fire. Based on updated information received, Deputy 85 recalled mutual aid while enroute and held Rescue Engine 85. Units arrived on location and confirmed no fire, that the occupant was out of vehicle and that the vehicle was in the ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Reading and Berks County Fire Service has lost an icon. Retired Fire Chief William “Bill” Rehr III passed away over the weekend. He was 84 years young. To his family and friends, we at TSFRS express our deepest and affectionate condolences.

His life was the fire service. Joining as an Oakbrook Fire Co. volunteer in Reading in 1959, he also served with the Union and Schuylkill Fire Companies. ... (Full Story & Photos)

It is with a profound sense of grief that members of TSFRS express our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Officer Kristen Yeager of the Central Berks Regional Police Department. Officer Yeager's End-Of-Watch occurred on Friday evening May 29 as she made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty while responding to an emergency request from a neighboring police department. She leaves ... (Full Story & Photos)

TSFRS would like to express our condolences to the family and friends of Boston Firefighter Robert Kilduff of Rescue Company 2, who was killed in the line of duty over the recent holiday weekend. FF Kilduff, a 3rd generation firefighter and 24-year veteran of the Department, fell from a third floor of a multifamily dwelling while performing firefighting operations on Saturday May 23. He leaves behind ... (Full Story & Photos)