The biggest increase occurred in Riverside County ... zones in the previous map now do, including Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills ...
New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County. Smears of burnt orange now span the aqueduct near Bakersfield.
Cal Fire explains these maps function similarly to flood ... zones are part of Cal Fire's "Phase 4" recommendations, focusing on fire severity across Southern California, including L.A. County.
The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps ... said Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Albert Yanagisawa in a media availability Monday. These maps are updated utilizing ...
San Diego County was not immune to these ... Fire officials stress these maps are a planning tool, similar to flood zone maps. For instance, the maps are used to guide building or development ...
New bursts of yellow dot the hills ... County. The new maps aren’t telling locals anything they don’t already know, he said. “We’ve been dealing with high fire hazard severity zones ...
“Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s office said. “They are like flood zone maps ... including Ventura County in Phase 3.