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State says 12 cities in Contra Costa County have very high fire hazard severity areas
Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and ...
Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area
For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...
California's New Fire Risk Maps Have Huge Impacts for Homeowners
State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...
New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases?
To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...
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Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps show jump in ‘very high’ danger zones in Sonoma, Napa counties
The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building ...
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Marin fire officials assess new state hazard maps
Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.
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CAL FIRE Overhauls Wildfire Risk Maps that May Result in Stricter Rules
Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow ...
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Several Bay Area cities listed on state’s new fire hazard map
Several locations in the Bay Area are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new maps released this ...
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New fire maps in California add 1.4 million acres requiring stronger safety regulations
Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The ...
12 Contra Costa cities have "very high fire hazard" severity areas, State Fire Marshal says
A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, according to new maps released this week by the Office of the State Fire Marshal ...