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# TBS Today, July 3
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/03/newsletters/tbs-today-july-3-2025/
- Published: 2025-07-03T23:45:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-03T23:45:40.000Z
- Description: The group behind Berkeley's volunteer fire patrols.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A group of volunteer ham radio enthusiasts will be on duty Friday in the Berkeley Hills keeping watch for fireworks and other hazards as the city celebrates July Fourth.

The group, called NALCO for short, has been around for decades, and springs into action when BFD makes the call. 

We joined them on fire patrol. Here's what we learned.

[Berkeley fire patrol volunteers will be on duty July Fourth“Everything’s so dry in and around Berkeley,” the group’s president said Thursday. “Fireworks just present ignition possibility everywhere.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-921.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_9282.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/03/community/berkeley-fire-patrol-volunteers-on-duty-july-fourth-nalco/)

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