New California Maps Show Big Increase in Areas Facing ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ Wildfire Risk
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...
New California wildfire maps: See 'Very High' fire hazard zones by county
A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...
The Monterey County Herald9d
After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants can be built?
With construction near homes, schools and businesses, a growing call for more limits on key renewable technology ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Newsom wants to speed up delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...
Firehouse13d
Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the ...
San Diego tries a different approach to fire prevention: A new spray on dry brush
This approach to fire prevention is new for both San Diego and the nation: The company making Citrotech, Mighty Fire Breaker, only launched a few years ago and is in the early stages of selling cities ...
Los Angeles Daily News15d
San Diego tries a different approach to fire prevention: A new spray on dry brush
Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a small canyon by San Diego’s Valencia ... a publicly available map. Now comes the monitoring. The fire department didn’t create a ...