Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...
Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...
Cal Fire has released updated fire hazard severity zone maps for Southern California, aiding wildfire preparedness.
More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone ...
More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California ...
Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.
The number of acres in the top two fire zones that must comply with stiffer, fire-safe building codes increased 76% in Southern California ... and landscaping. The purpose of the maps, said ...
the shift in weather could bring some relief to Southern California’s dry landscape, which remains in severe drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Overall, Southern California is seeing a 26% increase in the areas designated in that highest level, according to ...