The public is invited to review and comment on newly published Fire Hazard Severity maps recently updated by CalFire to show ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...

Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...

Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and Pinole are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new ...

The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building ...

Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...

Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.

Cal Fire is rolling out new hazard maps that show much more of the state at risk of wildfire than before. They will require ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The ...

A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, according to new maps released this week by the Office of the State Fire Marshal ...