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On October 22, 1904 the Berkeley City Hall was destroyed by a fire and shortly thereafter a paid department was formed. [8] In 1914, the Berkeley Fire Department became the first department west of the Mississippi to be fully motorized. [9] In 1923, over 600 homes and businesses were destroyed by the 1923 Berkeley, California fire. [10]
The district was created on September 12, 2002, by the Bethel Island, East Diablo, and Oakley Fire Protection Districts. The district currently has three fire stations with three fire fighters each. Its territory covers 247 square miles and includes two cities, plus much of the county's unincorporated area.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as Cal Fire, [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state ...
The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins ...
The five-member Kensington Fire District Board oversees the fire department and emergency medical services, of which the day-to-day function is outsourced to the fire department of El Cerrito, a neighboring city. The Kensington Municipal Advisory Board (KMAC) is a commission whose members are appointed by the Contra Costa County Board of ...
The S.B.V.F.C. Operates in Berkeley County WV as one of five volunteer fire houses, Although as the volunteer staffing has decreased across the country, The Main station is now Staffed part time by paid staffing from Berkeley County Fire during the hours of 06:00-18:00 (6:00 P.M.) M-F.
This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history. Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909) Abel Whitton (Workingman's Party) 1878–1881; A. McKinstry 1881–1883; W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885; J.B. Henley 1885–1887
The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [167] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.