Staff Report The Benicia Fire Department has announced dates for its next set of Benicia Emergency Response Team (BERT) classes, according to a newsletter sent out by the city. A program similar to BERT was founded and implemented by the San Francisco Fire Department in 1990 following the previous year’s Loma Prieta Earthquake, which between […]
Letters: BERT and BAAQMD
A highly useful class I would like to thank the Benicia Fire Department for the excellent BERT (Benicia Emergency Response Team) training they provided, free of charge, to interested members of our community. I was part of Class No. 31, and for six weeks attended a three-hour class each Monday night. This past Saturday, March […]
Benicia escapes serious damage from earthquake
■ City undertakes survey of historical sites after 6.0 temblor; one First Street building taped off for possible damage Sunday morning’s earthquake centered in Napa damaged buildings in Vallejo, interrupted rail service for 12 hours and shook residents from Ukiah to Monterey, according to multiple reports. But for the most part, the magnitude 6.0 temblor […]