California releases fire hazard maps for 17 more counties including San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Yolo
California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of ...
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CAL FIRE Overhauls Wildfire Risk Maps that May Result in Stricter Rules
Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow ...
Cal Fire releases new hazard maps for the Bay Area and wine country
Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...
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New fire maps in California add 1.4 million acres requiring stronger safety regulations
"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into ...
Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area
For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...
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Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps show jump in ‘very high’ danger zones in Sonoma, Napa counties
The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building ...
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Several Bay Area cities listed on state’s new fire hazard map
Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...
New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases?
To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...
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Crashes and Disasters
California bills encourage fire home-hardening with grants ... Woodside Fire Protection District, worries the maps could give residents in areas considered moderate or high hazard a false sense ...