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Update: Austin City Council approves new and expanded wildfire risk map
Austin City Council is set to vote Thursday on an expanded wildfire risk map that some local industry groups have opposed due ...
Could utility gear set your neighborhood on fire? California risk maps are 8 years old
Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...
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New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones
All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...
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Bill repealing controversial wildfire hazard map moves out of committee to Oregon Senate
Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...
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Two bills seek to address growing issue of home insurance cancellations over wildfire risk
In 2023, 481 homeowners insurance policies were canceled or non-renewed due to wildfire risk — an 82% increase compared to ...
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New California fire maps put nearly 4 million in hazardous zones
“The reason we map these areas is to tie these really important wildfire mitigations to them, helping us to ensure that as we build out new ... of living in California fire country. A study from 2023 ...
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Oregon lawmakers ask insurers to pause dropping policies based on internal wildfire risk maps
Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop ...
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New California fire maps put nearly 4 million in hazardous zones
“The reason we map these areas is to tie these really important wildfire mitigations to them, helping us to ensure that as ... A study from 2023 found that homes sold with this disclosure ...