04-15-2026 1858hrs Company 29 was dispatched to the 29-01 box for a vehicle fire endangering a gas pump. Squad 29 made the response. Squad 29 arrived to find an SUV with an engine compartment fire. The fire was quickly extinguished. Mechanicsburg Firefighters operated on scene for just under an hour

A wide variety of calls for Sunday finishes out the weekend. 0900hrs - Commercial smoke investigation inside 1335hrs - Vehicle Fire 1405hrs - Police assist 1501hrs - Residential structure fire (smoldering on arrival) 1644hrs - Residential fire alarm

The Mechanicsburg Fire Department would like to introduce Wagon 29 and Tower 29. While these two pieces of apparatus are the “same old firetrucks” that everyone is used to seeing, they now have new names thanks to a multi-county effort to more accurately identify apparatus through standardized unit designations. MFD is proud to participate in such an initiative and looks forward to a greater level of apparatus consistency in the region. The unit type “Tower” indicates an aeri

03-28-2026 1652hrs Company 29 was dispatched to the 29-01 box for a residential structure fire. Squad and Tower 29 made the response. Squad 29 arrived, securing its own water supply and advancing a hose line. Crews were faced with a smoke condition within the home which was traced back to a furnace malfunction. Mechanicsburg Firefighters operated on scene for just over half an hour.