FIRE POLICE NEWS COVERAGE

ENCAMP-FIRE-ENCAMPMENT FIRE

Location: HARRISON ST / 8TH ST, BERKELEY

News coverage

Reporting related to this incident

‘The usual’ location: Fires plague Berkeley homeless camp

The Berkeley Scanner Sep 10, 2026

Read article

Links open to the publisher's website.

Incident details

Location

HARRISON ST / 8TH ST, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Feb 6, 2026, 10:50 PM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00001760(BFD)
# 2026-00005941(BPD)

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

ENCAMP-FIRE-ENCAMPMENT FIRE

Progress

Cleared

Disposition

MDT NARRATIVE ONLY

Source

Telephone

Dispatch

Feb 6, 2026, 10:50 PM

Arrived

Feb 6, 2026, 10:54 PM

Cleared

Feb 7, 2026, 12:04 AM

Last Update

Feb 7, 2026, 12:16 AM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 6

Dispatch Time

39s

Turnout Time

38s

Travel Time

3m 16s

Total Response Time

4m 33s

Response District

RD 6

Incident update history3 updates Open timeline

Dispatch details can be reclassified as responders learn more. This timeline also shows when BerkeleyCrime pulled or linked details from other public sources and selected news coverage, as well as editorial notes.

News coverage added
Sep 10, 2026, 4:08 PM

BerkeleyCrime linked ‘The usual’ location: Fires plague Berkeley homeless camp from The Berkeley Scanner to this incident.
BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 11, 2026, 8:33 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
Feb 6, 2026, 10:50 PM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 6

Feb 06, 10:50:10 PM

Assigned

Engine 1

Feb 06, 10:50:10 PM

Assigned

Battalion 8

Feb 06, 10:50:10 PM

Assigned

Open in BerkeleyCrime app Get the app

Direct URL: https://berkeleycrime.com/i/id/a99ebd0f-b32e-490f-acd7-3b98e6c0b1b7

Internal ID: a99ebd0f-b32e-490f-acd7-3b98e6c0b1b7