Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern California come out March 24.

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zone maps have been updated by the state fire marshal.

The maps, covering 15 counties in Central California, are part of Cal Fire’s two-month rollout of new hazard zones for the regions where local city and county fire departments are responsible ...