Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas
Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...
New Cal Fire maps show Auburn increased its very high wildfire severity acreage in past decade
Cal Fire's new maps show Auburn increased its very high severity zone acreage to 800 this year compared to 326 acres a decade ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Officials monitoring air, water quality as fire burns at SPS Technologies in Abington Township, Pennsylvania
A shelter-in-place order​ remains in place and voluntary evacuations have been ordered around the SPS Technologies facility ...
Why lawmakers are seeking to kill Oregon wildfire risk map for second time
Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for ...
New California wildfire maps: See 'Very High' fire hazard zones by county
A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.
Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the ...
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CAL FIRE releases first updated fire hazard severity zone maps in 14 years
Approximately 1.4 million acres of land were added into the two highest fire hazard severity tiers on newly updated CAL FIRE ...
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State's fire map catches heat in Deschutes County
Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...
Newsom's order to speed up regulations making CA homes safer from fire threats
The executive order calls for the expedition of efforts to establish Zone 0 regulations, which would expand on the state’s ...
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Guest column: The implications of state fire maps for homeowners
On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state. These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate, and ...