2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

so much of the Altadena burn area still is not designated as a fire hazard zone. “These maps do not capture the true risk of our evolving climate,” said Rich Reiber, a member of the Altadena ...

The Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, published Monday for Southern California, show fire hazard creeping farther into some of L.A.'s most populous areas. “Very high” fire hazard severity now ...

With a few notable areas where the orange and red tide receded, like the hills above Berkeley and Oakland, territory deemed “high” or “very high” hazard exploded across the state, increasing by 168% ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zones maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like ...

The maps were created using a model that incorporates factors such as vegetation, fire history, climate data, and ground slope. “The biggest change in the model that is affecting the zones is we ...