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Barto, PA

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House Fire in Bally

 January 5, 2021

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...]

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Unexpected Snow Squall Creates Ice Rink on Area Roads

 December 29, 2020

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...]

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Accident with Entrapment in Bechtelsville

 December 28, 2020

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...]

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Working Shed Fire with Exposure in Washington Twp

 December 14, 2020

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...]

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town(s) on Saturday December 12

 December 2, 2020

Santa comes to part of the Eastern Berks Fire area! The tour starts on Saturday December 12 at noon! details below … [Read more...]

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Ham and Beef Dinner at Bechtelsville Sat Nov 21st (Take Out Only)

 November 22, 2020

  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...]

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Donate Blood Sat. Dec. 19th – Save a Life this Christmas!

 November 20, 2020

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...]

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2020 American Red Cross Berks Heroes Awards

 November 12, 2020

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...]

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Busy Weekend

 November 8, 2020

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...]

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Fire Prevention Goes Hybrid in 2020

 November 3, 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...]

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Change Your Clocks – Change Your Batteries

 October 29, 2020

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...]

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Be sure to have chimney cleaned before using fireplace

 October 26, 2020

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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Two EBFD Firefighters Receive “Spirit of Courage” Award

 October 18, 2020

On Thursday October 22, 2020, Jesse Cook and Sage Mutter were honored for their part in the rescue at a house fire last August in Washington Township. They received the Spirit of Courage Award, sponsored by Burn Prevention Network, Valley Preferred, and the Regional Burn Center … [Read more...]

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October 17th – ANOTHER Chicken Barbecue !!

 October 9, 2020

WHAT'S BETTER THAN ONE CHICKEN BARBECUE? - HOW ABOUT TWO?! Halloween Chicken BBQ is Sat. Oct. 17th! 2:00PM UNTIL SOLD OUT Bally fire station – 527 Chestnut St $11.00 for: half of a 3lb chicken baked potato home-made baked beans pickled cabbage roll and … [Read more...]

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Accident with Injuries on Rt 100 at Second St in Bally

 October 2, 2020

Thursday October 1, Eastern Berks Fire and Bally Medics were dispatched at 1334 hours for an MVA with Injuries at 2nd and Main Sts in Bally. Reported to be vehicle vs pole. Rescue 97, Attack 97, and Utility 97 responded to assist with patient care, mitigate hazards, including … [Read more...]

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Update on our 2 raffles!!!
We are almost sold out on both of our first 2 raffles we have posted. This is our last post to sell the remaining chances. We are planning on doing our raffle tomorrow evening at 6:30 as long as all chances are sold. Please help spread the word on these 2 great prizes and help us get them sold out! Thank you for your support!

First raffle:
Weber gas grill and $100.00 gift card to Burt's Farms

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Second raffle:
$100.00 gift card to Redners
$100.00 gift card to Sunoco

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5 chances left on the grill and gift card 2 chances left on the 2- $100 gift cards Get them while there hot!!

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3 days ago
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Unfortunately there will be no drawing tonight because the first raffle did not sell out. We will draw it as soon as we can sell it out. In the mean time we would like to post another raffle.

$100.00 gift card to Redners
$100.00 gift card to Sunoco

54 chances@ $6.00 a chance

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Hope the 2nd raffle goes better. Bechtelsville & Bally community needs to step up and support their local fire company. I just bought two for gift cards. Hope you can sell the rest. 🤞

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