Berkeley

How many ways out?

Type any address in Berkeley. You will get whether your street has more than one way out, which fire zone you are in, and how long an engine takes to reach you by road.

It is built for the hills, where the answer matters most, and it works anywhere in the city.

Street name on its own works too.
This is not an evacuation plan and it will never tell you that you are safe. In an emergency follow the Fire Department, not this page.

Where this comes from

Every number on this page is computed from map layers the City of Berkeley publishes openly. Nothing here is guesswork, and nothing here is official.

Berkeley Fire Department The official source for everything on this page. If anything here disagrees with them, they are right. berkeleyfiresafe.org The City's own address lookup, defensible space rules, and the wildfire resilience dashboard.

Before you rely on any of this

It is not official. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the City of Berkeley, the Berkeley Fire Department, or any government agency. It was built by a Berkeley resident using data those agencies publish openly. Where it disagrees with them, they are right and this is wrong.
Never use it in an emergency. Call 911. Follow the Fire Department and the County's emergency alerts. Nothing here is an evacuation plan, an evacuation route, or a judgment that anywhere is safe. It is a way to read published maps before anything happens, and that is all.
It is probably wrong in places. Single-exit areas are worked out from street centrelines and have not been checked on the ground. Where the City's data has a hole, a through street can look like it has one exit, and where a private drive or a gate connects, an area may have a second way out the map cannot see. Distances are straight lines, not driving distances. Map layers are a snapshot and the City updates them on its own schedule.
No warranty. Provided as-is, with no guarantee that it is accurate, current, or fit for any purpose. Use it at your own risk. The author accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, to the extent the law allows.
Open source. The code and the data behind every number are public, so you can check the working or correct it. Source code and data.
Corrections welcome. If something here is wrong, telling the author fixes it for everyone. If something on the City's own maps is wrong, tell the Fire Department, because that fixes the source.