Firefighters from Eastern Berks Fire Department gathered at the Bally Station on Monday night January 25th for training with rescue air bags. Inflatable air bags are one of the multitude of rescue devices carried by the department to deploy when needed. Airbags are inserted … [Read more...]
2020 Annual Report
Here is the annual report of the department sent today to the municipalities we cover. Watch for our annual fund drive letter coming to you vis USPS - hopefully in a month! Click below for a pdf copy Municipal Report 2021-01 … [Read more...]
Accident with Entrapment of Rt 100 in Washington
Eastern Berks Fire and Bally Medics were dispatched at 0912 hours on Friday January 8 to the 900 block of Route 100 in Washington Township for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. EBFD Deputy 97 arrived to find one vehicle up an embankment, leaning on a pole. Rescue 97 … [Read more...]
House Fire in Bally
Fire Departments from Eastern Berks, Boyertown, Hereford and Pennsburg were dispatched at 2005 hours to the report of a house fire in the 100 block of North 4th Street in Bally Borough. Chief 97 quickly arrived on location and reported heavy fire in one home of a four unit … [Read more...]
Unexpected Snow Squall Creates Ice Rink on Area Roads
A sudden snow squall this morning left areas road extremely slippery and led to four calls within an hour for EBFD. Eastern Berks Fire was dispatched at 0619 hours to Route 100 in front of the Washington Elementary School for an MVA with Fire in Washington Twp.. Chief 97 … [Read more...]
Accident with Entrapment in Bechtelsville
Eastern Berks Fire, Bally Medic and Eastern Berks Regional Police were dispatched at 0551 hours on Monday December 28th for the report of an accident involving a truck at Main and Franklin in Bechtelsville. EBFD Deputy Chief Chris Schaeffer arrived on location quickly and … [Read more...]
Working Shed Fire with Exposure in Washington Twp
December 14th at 0155 hours, Eastern Berks and Boyertown Fire, Bally Medics and Pennsburg Fire (RIT) were dispatched for the report of a fully involved shed fire close to a residence on Gehringer Rd in Washington. A tanker from Earl was also added. County Communications … [Read more...]
Santa Claus is Coming to Town(s) on Saturday December 12
Santa comes to part of the Eastern Berks Fire area! The tour starts on Saturday December 12 at noon! details below … [Read more...]
Ham and Beef Dinner at Bechtelsville Sat Nov 21st (Take Out Only)
Thank you for your support of our Ham and Beef dinner! It was a Great success, with all meals preordered. Apologies to those who came and went away empty handed. Even some of our own firefighters forgot to preorder! Also apologies to some of our late arrivals who … [Read more...]
Donate Blood Sat. Dec. 19th – Save a Life this Christmas!
Eastern Berks Fire Department Sat. Dec. 19 ~ 8 am - Noon 525 Chestnut St Bally PA - in Social Hall (next to Apparatus Bldg) This blood drive is by appointment only. Walk in donors will not be permitted Donors must wear masks. Thank you for supporting … [Read more...]
2020 American Red Cross Berks Heroes Awards
The 2020 American Red Cross Berks Fire Heroes Awards go to members of the Eastern Berks Fire Department for their dramatic rescue of two resident of a fully involved house fire in Washington Township in August of 2019. See WFMZ - Berks Heroes for videos on each of the regional … [Read more...]
Busy Weekend
Eastern Berks Firefighters were busy Friday, Saturday, and Sunday November 6th- 8th. It started at 0403 hours on Friday with an alert to assist Upper Milford Fire with tankers on the second alarm of a working house fire. Both Tanker 97-1 and Tanker 97 responded and … [Read more...]
Fire Prevention Goes Hybrid in 2020
October Fire Prevention in schools took on a different look in 2020, because of COVID 19. Assistant Chief Scott Reitnauer was able to coordinate with three local school to have outdoor demonstrations of fire equipment, but unfortunately no indoor presentations. Students at … [Read more...]
Change Your Clocks – Change Your Batteries
Daylight Saving Time ends this Saturday night October 31st. In this digital electronic age, you may not have many clocks to "change" on Sunday November 1st, but it's still time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. According to the National … [Read more...]
Be sure to have chimney cleaned before using fireplace
Each year, Eastern Berks Fire responds to numerous chimney fires. Sometimes they are contained within the chimney and can be extinguished. Other times, they spread to a roof or inside the walls, causing significant, if not catastrophic, damage. This article appeared … [Read more...]
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