This week marked the one-year anniversary of the Line of Duty passing of Trooper Brandon Sisca and his partner Trooper Martin Mack. Both Troopers were struck and killed on I-95 in Philadelphia while assisting another civilian.

Trooper Sisca was a former career firefighter and Captain with Twp of Spring Fire Rescue and is mourned by all of us at the 85 House.... (Full Story & Photos)

On Sunday afternoon March 19, units from TSFR (Rescue Engine 85, Tanker 85) and Wyo FD (Ladder 79) were joined by our mutual aid partners from Shillington (Engine 36, Rescue Engine 36), Western Berks FD (Ladder 18, Utility 18-2), West Reading (Engine 64), Mohnton (Engine 57), Muhlenberg (RIT 66) and Western Berks EMS (Medic 6512) on a reported fire in an apartment in the 2300 block of Penn Ave in ... (Full Story & Photos)

The expanding trend of rechargable battery powered devices has resulted a wave of fires caused by failures of lithium ion batteries involving everything from mobile phones to electric cars. This trend was examined in depth on Monday night March 13 at Station 85 during a presentation on the subject led by Todd Iaeger from Underwriters Labs. The class was attended by approximately 50 personnel from ... (Full Story & Photos)

Wyo FD Ladder 79 and TSFR Rescue Engine 85 responded to Route 222 northbound in Wyomissing Borough on Wednesday March 8 for a reported vehicle fire. As L79 was entering the highway County Communications advised that the State Farm Safety Patrol was on location and reported a working vehicle fire.

L79 arrived , confirmed the report and stretched their bumper hose line to attack the fire. RE85 arrived ... (Full Story & Photos)

Early in the evening of Sunday March 5, TSFR Rescue Engine 85 and Deputy 85 were responding to a fire alarm in the south end of the Twp when County Communications alerted Station 85 for a vehicle fire on Van Reed Rd near St. Ignatius church, with reported multiple calls received. As the vehicle was on the pathway to the call being taken by both RE85 and DC85 stopped to operated at this incident ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Saturday morning March 4, TSFR along with Wyo FD and Western Berks FD were dispatched for a possible gas leak as a result of a water leak in the 900 block of Snyder Rd in the Whitfield section of Spring Twp. While enroute units were advised that a sinkhole with a water main leak and odor of natural gas had been reported by a Western Berks EMS unit who discovered it while returning from a call.

Units ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday February 17, Wyo FD Ladder 79, TSFR Rescue 85, and WBEMS Medic 6521 responded to Route 222 SB in Wyomissing Borough for a vehicle crash with injuries involving one vehicle into a drainage ravine. L79 arrived on location with a single vehicle approximately 30 feet down into an overgrown retention pond.

Personnel used eDraulic spreaders and irons to gain access to a single injured party. ... (Full Story & Photos)

A fire in a residential chimney occurred on Friday night Feb. 10 on Sage Drive in the Southern end of Spring Township. TSFR RE85 and TN85, along with Wyo FD L79 and our mutual aid partners from Shillington E36, Western Berks FD E18-2, Mohnton L57, Adamstown Trk 11, Cumru Twp RE42, West Reading R64 and Western Berks EMS M6511 responded. RE85 laid a 400' 5" supply line and and stretched a 200' 2" ... (Full Story & Photos)