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On Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on June 25 at 9:30 a.m., East Bay fire departments will conduct a Mutual Response Area-Training/Drill in Tilden Park. 

For the drills, the fire will be simulated only; there will not be any actual fire. Mutual Response Areas (MRAs) were developed after the 1991 Oakland/Berkeley Hills fire as a method to quickly control wild fires. They are a part of the annual training conducted during the fire season. MRA Drills are used for different fire departments to practice the communications and command skills needed to control fires. 

For more information about MRAs, contact the Berkeley Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief David Orth at 644-6665.