Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

That’s around one in 8 Californians. The updated maps take into account California’s fire history, local weather patterns, terrain and new models showing how embers can travel miles away from ...

Other factors include wildfire history, existing and potential fuel (i.e., natural vegetation), predicted flame length, blowing embers, terrain and typical fire ... maps for most of Southern ...

For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zone maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of locations, areas across the state rank ...

While most of California is prone to wildfires, the South Bay is seeing a significant increase in hazardous areas compared to others. Out of all the Bay Area cities, San Jose saw the largest increase ...

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

According to Cal Fire, the maps are developed using a "science-based and field-tested model that assigns a hazard score based ...

San Diego County saw a nearly 9% decrease in acreage with “very high” fire hazard compared to 2011, Cal Fire reported this ...