Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires. The updated ...

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and natural hazard real estate disclosures at the time of sale.

Saratoga City Council approved a new map that extends the boundary of the Wildland Urban Interface, or WUI, to encapsulate Cal Fire’s changes to the city’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map. Related ...

The Pack Fire in California continues to set thousands of acres ablaze, and homes in the area are under evacuation orders due to an "immediate threat to life", according to Cal Fire. The Pack Fire, ...

Cal Fire added thousands of San Luis Obispo properties to a new map that identified fire-prone areas in California this year — and now those property owners will need to retrofit their homes and yards ...