Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and natural hazard real estate disclosures at the time of sale.

State officials will be releasing updated fire maps for Southern California. Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on March 24, 2025. For the first time in over a decade, state officials will be updating fire maps for Southern California.

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, showing where wildfires are most likely to occur within the next several decades. With the acrid memories of January’s Palisades and Eaton fires still fresh, the new maps couldn’t be more timely.