Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, and Placentia -- are now part of fire hazard severity zones.

The zones, referenced in over 100 sections ... you need to do to build that house safely for the next 50 years,” said Frank Bigelow, Cal Fire’s deputy director of community wildfire ...

Cal Fire will also release new “moderate ... or ratings — but cannot decrease them. The severity zones are referenced in at least 50 different pieces of legislation, codes, grants and ...

Cal Fire has flagged several areas in Goleta for their fire hazard levels, highlighting the need for more fire resources in ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial ... create a likelihood and expected fire behavior over a 30 to 50-year period” which doesn’t account for efforts to prevent ...

While Cal Fire mapped “very high” wildfire zones under local authority more than a decade ago, the new maps now include “high” and “moderate” zones as well. The state law requiring the ...

Cal Fire calculates whether the probability of wildfire in a given area is moderate, high or very high. Also see: Altadena fire zones grow under new state maps, but officials say won’t impede ...

Cal Fire released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Los Angeles County Monday ... and expected fire behavior over a 30- to 50-year period, without considering mitigation measures such ...