Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible ...

Identified hazard zones are divided into three levels -- moderate, high and very high. The determination is made based on a variety of factors, including terrain, fire history, weather patterns ...

Condo boards may conduct background checks on potential buyers ... though it ignores the question of EV safety or the risk of fire. While I don’t know the actual specifics of how this law ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...

The newest wildfire hazard maps from Cal Fire are putting parts of Monterey County on high alert. Pacific Grove and Carmel are now classified as high or very high fire risk areas. Fire inspectors are ...

Residents can now check with new Cal Fire fire hazard severity zone maps released Monday to find out. This latest batch of maps detail the severity of fire hazard by area. Hazards are rated ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep ...

Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify wildfire hazard areas and rank them on a three-tiered scale. The maps ...

Experiments by FPRF and FSRI reveal potential explosion risks when using fire blankets in EV fire suppression with battery ...