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

Feb. 25—With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire's new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps date back to one of the first major ...

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 ...

BEING CALLED TO ACT IS EXACTLY WHAT FIRE OFFICIALS WANT TO HEAR. CAL FIRE RELEASED NEW MAPS SHOWING CHANGES FOR THE NORTH BAY PENINSULA, SOUTH BAY, EAST BAY AND MORE. NOW WE’RE SEEING THAT A ...

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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.

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.

The city of Auburn is one area with a big increase compared to the last time the Cal Fire maps were updated in 2011. Eric Egli's Auburn home now sits in a new Cal Fire designated very high ...