The new fire hazard severity zone map shows which California neighborhoods are considered “very high” zones. Conan Nolan ...

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

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

While some Redding residents worry about losing fire insurance coverage, the state recently release new fire hazard severity ...

What do the maps show? The Office of the State Fire Marshal found that the land area considered to have "very high" fire hazard severity jumped more than 30% since the last assessment in 2011.

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

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

For the first time in over a decade, state officials will be updating fire maps for Southern California. This includes ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California ... and home hardening measures in new construction, for example using ignition-resistant building materials, covering ...