(KFSN) -- A new proposed map of California shows many areas of the state at a very high risk of wildfire danger, including Central California. After more than 15 years, CAL FIRE recently released an updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map, ranking California's rural, unincorporated area's ...
Senate Bill 610, introduced in June by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),sparked heated debateover its plan to eliminate the decades-old system of ranking state and local lands as “moderate,”“high” or “very high” fire hazard severity zones — designations that influence development...
The label “very high fire hazard severity zone” might explicitly inform potential residents that the wildland-urban interface's aesthetics also represented danger. In addition, homeowners already living in an area would want to maintain or increase their home values (and maintain or reduce ...
To evaluate exit routes for Californians living in areas at risk of a fire-related evacuation,we combined and analyzed datafrom the U.S. Census Bureau, Cal Fire and OpenStreetMap. Advertisement We took 2010 census block-level populations, combined with Cal Fire’s “Fire Hazard Severity Zone”...
Once written, the standards will apply to new construction and existing homes in areas designated by the state to be at high risk of wildfire. Those areas may soon change, as legislation passed in 2021 required the state fire marshal to expand fire hazard severity mapping...
It shall be unlawful, when authorized signs are in place giving notice, to park any vehicle on any of the streets or portions of streets in the City’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone in violation of the signs. No person shall dispense victuals from any portion of a catering truck on...
Natural Hazards:Your area’s risk of natural hazards, such as aflood hazard zone, seismic hazard zone, or high fire hazard severity zone. Proximity to Operations:Whether there is an airport, farm, ranch, abandoned well, gas pipeline, or mining operation nearby. ...
The state’s fire hazard maps also need urgent revision. The Cal Fire maps (drawn in the early 2000s) are largely based on vegetation and topography; they cover broad swaths of the state with gradations from moderate to very high fire hazard. Recalculating risk and remapping for ...