Our Monday night drill on June 15 was conducted with our partners at Cumru Twp and Western Berks FDs. The exercise was conducted in the parking lot of the Gouglersville Fire Co in Cumru and focused on the conduct of tanker shuttles to provide water in non-hydrant areas.

The tankers involved were TSFRS Tanker 85, Cumru Twp Tankers 42 and 42-1, and Western Berks Tanker 18. The evolution also included ... (Full Story & Photos)

It's been a rougher than usual four-day stretch for the US Fire Service as four separate Line of Duty Deaths were recorded from June 11 thru 14. This continues to illustrate just how dangerous it is to do what we do on a routine basis, and in so many different ways and scenarios.

TSFRS would like to express our sincerest condolences to the families, friends and fire service communities in mourning ... (Full Story & Photos)

Just after midnight on Thursday morning June 11, a reported fire in the kitchen of an apartment in the Lincoln Park Apts complex on West Wyomissing Blvd resulted in the dispatch of TSFRS Engine 85, Wyomissing Ladder 79, Western Berks Fire Ladder 18, Shillington Engine 36, Cumru Twp Engine 42, Kenhorst Engine 69-1, Western Berks EMS and Exeter Station 25 for RIT service.

E85 arrived and reported a ... (Full Story & Photos)

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)