Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SOLVANG, CA – Consistent with California Government Code Section 51178, the State Fire Marshal is responsible for identifying ...

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Mountain fire, which burned in Santa Paula and Camarillo in November. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection began rolling out a long-awaited update to its fire hazard severity zones Monday, which is set to more than double the number of acres in ...

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California The new Cal Fire rankings, the ...

Marin fire officials who conduct home fire risk evaluations have a new tool to determine which properties need the most attention. The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority has developed what’s called a ...

Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible space ...

More than 90% of the city of Poway is designated as a moderate, high or very high Fire Hazard Severity Zone, Cal Fire reported in a release of new maps for areas under local and county fire agency ...

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm, which began Jan. 7 near Los Angeles, here. LOS ANGELES — The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC ...

Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones.

Cal Fire has released new maps that identify fire-prone areas in California, and San Luis Obispo County saw an 862% increase in the number of acres included since 2011. This is large part because Cal ...