 The Oakland firestorm of 1991 burned in the Berkeley and Oakland Hills, destroying 3,354 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.The economic loss was estimated at $1.5 billion.The Oakland Fire Department is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 (CA-TF4), one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of California and 28 nationally.