FIRE POLICE MAJOR INCIDENT

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

Location: 1700 BLOCK UNIVERSITY AVE, BERKELEY

Incident details

Location

1700 BLOCK UNIVERSITY AVE, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

May 7, 2026, 4:47 PM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00020501(BPD)
# 2026-00006377(BFD)

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

Progress

Cleared

Disposition

INCIDENT REPORT

Source

911 Call

Dispatch

May 7, 2026, 4:49 PM

Arrived

May 7, 2026, 4:53 PM

Cleared

May 7, 2026, 5:57 PM

Last Update

May 7, 2026, 5:57 PM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 5

Dispatch Time

2m 44s

Turnout Time

Travel Time

3m 25s

Total Response Time

6m 15s

Cancelled Enroute

Engine 3, EMS 2

Response District

RD 2

Incident update history2 updates Open timeline

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BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 11, 2026, 8:40 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
May 7, 2026, 4:47 PM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 5

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Truck 5

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Engine 6

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Engine 1

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Battalion 8

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Truck 2

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Medic 5

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Assigned

Engine 3

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Cancelled enroute

EMS 2

May 07, 04:47:46 PM

Cancelled enroute

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