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

Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...

"It is always a concern, when you live in an area that it is so open, that you could have a fire erupt at any point," said Corinne Beshara.

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom said Cal Fire's new maps would add at least 1.4 million ... The county's zones at "very high" fire hazard now cover nearly 7,600 acres, compared to just 11 acres ...

NOW, THOSE NEW CAL FIRE MAPS SHOW YOLO COUNTY HAS NEARLY ... Monday's new maps are Phase 2 in the plan to release maps for all 58 California counties. Phase 3 will include the following counties ...

Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow ...

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...

Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...

"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 ...