There is some illusion among us in Berkeley that the only people at risk for wildfire live in the Berkeley Hills.
This is the outline of the 1923 Berkeley Fire, which destroyed more than 800 structures:
We can see, in the lower left-hand corner, how far the fire reached: Berkeley Way and Shattuck, right downtown.
In 1991, the Oakland Hills firestorm reached practically all the way down to Broadway and Claremont:
Sources: UC Berkeley/City of Oakland, courtesy Chronicle and SFGate
The main defense line for BFD, in Berkeley, is on Shattuck Avenue. We know that wildfires have become much harder to stop in the past 20 years. Who is willing to bet that another wildfire cannot do worse?
So, the likely answer to this question is: there may be some, in the West neighborhoods, closer to the freeway, who may not need to worry about wildfire. Everyone else in Berkeley could be at risk. Clearly, though, people living in the Fire Zones 2 and 3 are most exposed.