Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

AND WE’RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT PLACERVILLE AND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE ... NEW UPDATES FROM CAL FIRE. AND WHEN NEW MAPS FOR A REGION ARE P A recent executive order by California Gov.

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire. New maps rating the likelihood and severity of ...

Cities with the most hazardous acres of very high fire hazard include Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks, and the "very high" hazard acreage in Ojai more than tripled. Unincorporated land in ...

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In the wake of devastating fires in Los Angeles County, the Fire ... the maps. Maps released Monday apply only to inland Northern California — Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Lassen ...

“It is important to stress that the new severity zone maps were created by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... reaching north as far as Lake Berreyessa, part of ...

"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...