New Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps For L.A. Released Two Months After Wildfires

Is Vancouver at risk for urban wildfires like those that hit L.A.?

In the wake of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the Los Angeles area in January and as we get closer to our own peak wildfire season UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability is hosting a timely talk with three wildfire and forest experts.

New Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps For L.A. Released Two Months After Wildfires

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, 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, generally updated every decade, can impact building and clearance requirements in areas deemed to be in particular hazard areas. According to Cal Fire, the determination of “hazard…

More LA County land has 'very high' fire hazard severity under new state maps

CalFire's Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, published Monday for Southern California, show fire hazard creeping farther into some the San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica and even West Hollywood.

New fire maps increase hazard zones in L.A. and Southern California by 3.5 million acres

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

Southern California to get new updated fire maps

For the first time in over a decade, state officials will be updating fire maps for Southern California.

State releasing new fire maps for Southern California. Here’s why they matter

The updated designations will show where wildfires are most likely to occur.