Sonoma residents now have the opportunity to weigh in on Cal Fire’s statewide update to the Fire Hazard Severity Maps for ...

Cal Fire Butte County is ramping up efforts to prepare residents for the upcoming fire season by conducting defensible space ...

Massive wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region in January, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and razing thousands ...

Defensible Space Inspectors will arrive in a fire truck or marked vehicle. Photo courtesy of Placer County.

CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

Cal Fire responded Tuesday evening to a fire at a home in the Cypress Ridge golf community in Arroyo Grande, reporting “heavy smoke” and flames coming from the structure. The fire sparked in a home on ...

Numbers for family, friends, doctors, insurances, veterinarians, etc. Put a copy in your emergency kit, and one near your ...

While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners, the maps themselves are not expected to directly impact insurance decisions. Cal Fire’s updated maps will ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) recently released new fire hazard severity zone maps for ...

Credit: Courtesy of Cal Fire 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 ...

Search and rescue teams in Riverside County, California, braved rugged terrain and frigid temperatures to rescue two hikers who fell down a cliff. Body-worn camera footage of the ordeal was ...