The Riverside City Council has added new vegetation management and more defensible space rules for some properties in an ...

New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard severity zones.

The Vacaville City Council voted Tuesday evening to send a letter to the state government opposing new Cal Fire maps sent by the state fire marshal. The city is required to accept these maps ...

Crews are working to contain a forest fire that broke out near Colorado Highway 67 and Rainbow Falls Saturday evening.

Below is a press release from multiple fire departments regarding Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

Update: The Turkey Tracks Fire has been declared 100% contained as of 4 p.m. Monday, April 14, by the Pike and San Isabel US ...

California's Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

Maps are available online from Cal Fire, fire.ca.gov, and links to the maps and the public comment portal are available at KCFD's website, kerncountyfire.org, and the Kern County Department of ...

The maps show the risk of a wildfire caused by equipment owned by the state’s three major investor-owned utilities; they are separate from Cal Fire’s maps that show the potential for fires ...

Originally filed eight years ago, the maps haven’t been updated as a whole. Instead, the utilities voluntarily file piecemeal updates to mark areas as at risk for fire, or no longer at risk ...