The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, periodically documents areas that are most prone to having a wildfire within the ...

Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify wildfire hazard areas and rank them on a three-tiered scale. The maps ...

The number of Altadena homes and business that must comply with stiffer wildfire building codes during reconstruction increased under new hazard maps released Monday, March 24, extending areas ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France that is at risk from future seismic activity. On Tuesday night, France's ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire ...

(KFSN) -- For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zones maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of locations, areas across ...

Cal Fire officials have released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps, marking the fourth and final round of hazard map updates since the previous release in 2011. The newly released ...