The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...

A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps, local agencies have reviewed them and, in some cases, proposed ...

Below is a press release from multiple fire departments regarding Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

More parts of Orange County are identified where residents might be required to start taking measures to protect their homes.

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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, Monday released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps local governments will have to adopt in the coming weeks. Aug 7 ...