Home Fire Risk viewer application

Between June 6 and September 23, 2005, Berkeley Fire Department conducted fire risk assessments of the 8,358 parcels in the hazardous hills area.
Data was collected by interns walking parcel-to-parcel in the hills and filling out a form for each parcel as viewed from the public right-of-way.
The assessments collected information for five categories which included This application presents fire risk information collected for your property, your neighborhood, and for the entire hazardous hills area.

Here’s how the program works:
Enter your property’s address with street number in the upper field and street name in the lower field, and then click the address button.
If the address that you entered fits more than one property, pick the desired property from the list.
For example, typing “8” in the upper field and “cres” in the lower field will return all valid addresses in the 800 block of CRESTON RD.
After selecting the desired property by clicking the parcel number hotlink, a page describing the property’s condition should appear.
Click the provided links to find out how you can reduce your home’s risk of wildfire and view the criteria used to collect parcel information.
Once you have completed the hazard reduction suggestions in the provided “Protect Your Home from Wildfire” checklist,
ou may e-mail Berkeley Fire Department to request a new assessment at fire@berkeley.ca.us

This project was funded by a FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant.
To learn more about the grant and the additional Berkeley fire safety programs it funded click this link for a Grant Programs Overview.

Use of this application implies acceptance of the following dislcaimer:
(1) The Berkeley Fire Department is providing wildfire information to the public through this site.
Every reasonable effort has been made to input the information correctly and ensure the accuracy of the information.
The information from this site is for informational purposes only, for the betterment of our community,
and is provided to the public strictly as a courtesy and not as an obligation to its readers.

(2) The City of Berkeley and the site’s authors do not assume any responsibility or liability in how
the reader uses the information or the effect of any recommended practice, procedure, or product specified on this site.

(3) This program does not create any rights or liabilities, either procedurally or substantively, regarding
the information presented or omitted and should not be relied upon for that purpose.

NOTE:
The document generated by this application is intended to print on a single color 8.5 inch by 11 inch page.
Please use your browser's Print Preview and adjust margins accordingly if this report prints on more than one page.
This application asks the user to

  1. Enter a Berkeley street address number and/or name fragment such as
      ("21" and "Milvia") or ("2180" and "mi") to find "2180 MILVIA STREET"]
  2. Submit the address fragment for a match against a reference valid Berkeley parcel address database
  3. Alternately, to search by Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Number (APN)
    enter the book number and block+parcel in the form "057 20210100"
  4. It is possible to enter a portion of the APN, like "057 2021" to view a block
    and identify vacant parcels that do not have an assigned address.
  5. If multiple matches are found, select the desired parcel radio button
    and click the Address or APN button, as appropriate to your search.

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