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 ...

Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. Two years ago, the state of Oregon released a wildfire risk map. It put about half of the state’s tax loss in ...

When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster damage more accurately and communicating the assessments in a coherent ...

California’s wildfire season is now nearly a year-round danger, as was seen by the devastating, fast-moving fires that swept through the Los Angeles area in January. Fueled by the effects of climate ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building codes ...

An assessment of wildfire hazards across Oregon landscapes is getting a new name after drawing the ire of property owners previously identified as high-risk In this photo provided by the Deschutes ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood ...

The proposed maps are set to take effect in July. The maps classify areas into moderate, high and very high hazard severity zones. Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard ...