Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, the final piece in a 2025 statewide rollout. While Cal Fire mapped “very high” wildfire zones under local ...

CAL FIRE’s San Luis Obispo Unit, in coordination with local agencies, will conduct a prescribed burn starting April 15 as part of its Vegetation Management Program. Around 40 acres of private ...

In an update that could redefine community planning and safety measures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) released new fire hazard maps late last month illustrating ...

“We could be in for a bad fire season with these (high) grasses,” said Marshall Turbeville, Cal Fire battalion chief for the Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit. Now that it’s stopped raining, fire ...

Every fire season, seasonal members of CAL FIRE return for recurrence training and proficiency testing before being assigned to their respective locations.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) Maps for Local Responsibility Areas ...

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The maps show the risk of a wildfire caused by equipment owned by the state’s three major investor-owned utilities; they are separate from Cal Fire’s maps that show the potential for fires based on ...

Compared to the generic fire models that generated the previous maps, last updated in 2011, Cal Fire based this year’s maps on community-specific data, such as wind behavior and tree species, Dublin ...

According to CalFire, the Airport fire destroyed 160 structures — which includes homes, sheds, vehicles and such — and damaged 34 others.

CalFire’s map shows recommended fire hazard severity zone boundaries for California’s moderate, high and very high fire hazard zones. Fire hazard zones are set by looking at an area’s fire history, ...