FIRE

FA-COM-COMMERCIAL FIRE ALARM

Location: 1500 BLOCK UNIVERSITY AVE, BERKELEY

Incident details

Location

1500 BLOCK UNIVERSITY AVE, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Jul 18, 2026, 9:43 PM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00009941(BFD)

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

FA-COM-COMMERCIAL FIRE ALARM

BFD Classification

False Alarm False Call

Progress

Cleared

Source

Telephone

Last Update

Jul 18, 2026, 10:01 PM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 2

Dispatch Time

42s

Turnout Time

1m 8s

Travel Time

2m 49s

Total Response Time

4m 39s

Cancelled Enroute

Truck 2

Response District

RD 2

Incident update history2 updates Open timeline

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BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 20, 2026, 3:47 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
Jul 18, 2026, 9:45 PM

BerkeleyCrime first observed this incident or its unit-response details from BFD sources.

Fire unit activity

Engine 2

Jul 18, 09:43:43 PM

Dispatched

Jul 18, 09:44:51 PM

Enroute

Jul 18, 09:47:40 PM

On Scene

Jul 18, 10:01:29 PM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Truck 2

Jul 18, 09:43:43 PM

Dispatched

Jul 18, 09:44:37 PM

Enroute

Jul 18, 09:51:30 PM

Cancelled enroute

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