California officials on Monday released the fourth and final set of county maps that rate the likelihood and severity of wildfires.

The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and ...

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

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next ...

A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps, local agencies have reviewed them and, in some cases, proposed ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday ... now being designated in a fire hazard severity zone goes to show just how ...

For the first time since 2011—and in the wake of January’s historically destructive Los Angeles infernos—Cal Fire has updated its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for areas of the state that are served ...

More parts of Orange County are identified where residents might be required to start taking measures to protect their homes.

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