CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...
Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...
In new fire hazard severity maps released last week by state fire officials, Oakland saw a significant reduction in its “very high” hazard zone and a 32% reduction in overall hazard average. The maps, ...
Cal Fire will send maps for coastal Northern California jurisdictions on Feb ... topology and weather and climate patterns to calculate the probability of wildfire occurring and its potential ...
Sacramento, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties are represented in the new maps. The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire ...
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"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...
terrain and weather patterns are included, according to Cal Fire. Fire officials emphasize that the maps are intended to show hazard, not risk — like flood-zone maps that show the probability an ...
Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...