Cal Fire has introduced a new fire mitigation tool, an updated fire hazard map, which highlights increased fire risks in Kern ...

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

For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zones maps have been updated by the state fire marshal.

On March 10, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) throughout the state, including t ...

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules.

On March 10 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps for Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) throughout the state, inclu ...

Consistent with California Government Code Section 51178, the state fire marshal is responsible for identifying areas throughout the state as Moderate, ...

Statistics accompanying the recommended Tulare County map show unincorporated areas of the county include 21,908 acres with a ...

Cal Fire officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard severity maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California.

The map, revised by Cal Fire under the guidance of the State Fire Marshall, shows wildfire risk for use in land use planning, building code enforcement and wildlife mitigation strategy development. It ...

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...