CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

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

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire ...

State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities.

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm, which began Jan. 7 near Los Angeles, here. Feb. 25—With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire's new fire risk maps ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

The map from 2025 not only increased the acreage under ... Part of the executive order also includes requiring Cal Fire and the California Office of Emergency Services to work with local, federal ...

"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 ...

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 ...