More than 2 million acres of local land in California designated high or very high fire danger areas
Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the ...
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Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed ... fire hazard severity zones to follow defensible space and home hardening measures. After San Diego County’s Cedar fire in 2003, California began requiring homes ...
Newsom’s executive order mandating 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
Wildfire experts in recent years have highlighted the dangers of wind-driven embers that can travel great distances and ...
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Why new home builds must factor flood and fire risk
A rush to fix Canada's housing shortage may placing some new homes at risk of damage by flood and fire, says a new report ...
Why Trump wants to buy Greenland — and how much it could cost
But why does Trump want Greenland so badly? Is it even possible to purchase sovereign territory in the 21st century, and if so, ...
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Gov. Newsom informs of suite of new wildfire community hardening measures
After meeting with key state and federal leaders on recovery efforts for Los Angeles firestorm survivors, Governor Gavin Newsom today will sign an executive order that directs his Administration ...