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

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

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

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern region.

Cal Fire’s maps, which are still in draft form, establish what the state calls fire hazard severity zones, which measure the likelihood of a major wildfire hitting certain areas and neighborhoods.

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

Cal Fire's new hazard zone maps show information on topography, fire weather, flame length, past fire history, vegetation type and the overall likelihood of a wildfire igniting in the area.

While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners, the maps themselves are not expected to directly impact insurance decisions. Cal Fire’s updated maps will ...

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

Newly released draft fire risk maps from Cal Fire have updated changes in Solano County’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones, used by state and local firefighters to divide responsibility and monitor risks.

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties ...