On Monday evening September 13, TSFR and Wyo FD, along with Western Berks FD personnel conducted a night time live fire training exercise at the Berks County Fire School on Morgantown Road. Members conducted three fire evolutions focusing on the use of standpipe systems.

This was the second of three annual burns. Members are required to attend at least one per year to maintain their interior firefighter ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday afternoon September 8, TSFR Rescue 85 and Western Berks EMS Medic 6513 were dispatched to Lindale Drive in the Whitfield section of Spring Twp for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries and a vehicle on its roof. R85 under Capt. Bingaman responded and arrived on location just after Twp Police to find a single minivan on its roof. Personnel investigated and found everyone out of the vehicle ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Thursday afternoon September 2, WFD Ladder 79 under Capt. Nester and TSFRS Rescue 85 under Capt. Conner plus Western Berks EMS Medic 6511 were dispatched to Woodland Rd in the Wyomissing Hills section of Wyomissing Borough for a vehicle accident with possible entrapment. L79 arrived on location with the medic unit and confirmed a van on its side with one patient entrapped. L79 members initiated ... (Full Story & Photos)

Hurricane Ida stopped by to visit Berks County on her path from the Gulf Coast to Canada on Wednesday September 1. The resultant deluge caused water emergencies throughout Spring Twp and Wyomissing as well as neighboring jurisdictions that prompted dozens of responses in less than 6 hours.

While the impact on our area wasn’t as devastating as that on others both near and far as it developed over ... (Full Story & Photos)

In the late morning of Friday August 20, a structure fire assignment was sent to Miller Road in the southern portion of Spring Twp for a possible house fire reported in the kitchen. TSFR Engine 85 and WFD Ladder 79 were notified by radio while returning from another alarm and responded immediately. Mohnton Asst. 57 arrived on location with smoke banked to the first floor and initially assumed command. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday afternoon July 28, Wyo FD Engine 79 and WRFD Rescue 64 were dispatched for a motor vehicle accident with injuries unknown and a tractor trailer rollover on Rt 222 SB near the 422 EB merge in Wyomissing Boro. As Ladder 79 and Rescue 85 were already committed on another crash with entrapment in the Borough, West Reading Engine 64 was dispatched to fill in. Deputy 85 (Schartel) also responded.

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On a hot and muggy Thursday morning July 9, TSFR and Wyo FD, along with mutual aid companies were dispatched for a report of smoke coming from the building in the 2900 block of Windmill Rd in Spring Twp. Rescue Engine 85 under Capt Conner observed a smoke column on the approach and requested a second alarm be struck. Western Berks FD Ladder 18 arrived and reported smoke showing from a long office ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Saturday July 3, TSFR Rescue 85 responded into neighboring Sinking Spring Borough on a mutual aid assignment to the Western Berks Fire Department for a motor vehicle crash reported with injuries involving two vehicles at the intersection of Mull and Penn. Arriving on location, the crew assisted WBFD and WBEMS with patient care, fluid mitigation and de-powering of both vehicles. TSFR Fire Police ... (Full Story & Photos)