These maps are intended to “drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions,” according to a California Department of Insurance document. “For many years, insurance companies have been using ...

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

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...

In an update that could redefine community planning and safety measures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

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 ...

Areas of Soledad Natural Park, La Jolla Heights Natural Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve and UC San Diego are given ...

Compared to the prior maps, the hazard areas encroach roughly half ... “I do think that people in the state of California, especially now, are aware of fire risk,” said Matthew Wibbenmeyer, an ...

The commission’s fire risk maps sprung out of a regulatory response to a series of fires in late 2007 in Southern California, several of which were attributed to utility equipment. As a result, ...

A five-fold expansion of wildfire hazard zones across Southern California raised homeowner concerns ... “The Cal Fire maps are not what we use to look at our risk,” said Janet Ruiz, Western U.S.

The commission’s fire risk maps sprung out of a regulatory response to a series of fires in late 2007 in Southern California, several of which were attributed to utility equipment. As a result ...

Also see: Southern California fire danger zones increase ... but don’t include local or homeowner efforts to reduce fire risk. The maps show moderate, high and very-high fire hazards in areas ...