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Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on California’s new fire maps and their potential impact on ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in jurisdictions where the state will apply stricter fire-safety building requirements.

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners, the ...

AND FOR THE AREAS NOW CONSIDERED A HIGHER RISK, THE MAPS WILL LEAD TO UPDATED REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING AND LOCAL PLANNING. BUT CAL FIRE SAYS THAT THIS WILL NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT INSURANCE.

However, the California Department of Insurance said that the maps are unlikely to change how insurers weigh risk and decide on premiums. Cal Fire released the new draft maps only weeks after ...

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...

Cal Fire is adamant that its maps will not impact Californians’ fire insurance rates. Insurance companies typically have their own risk-evaluation models, and are therefore unlikely to raise or ...

Cal Fire is adamant the hazard maps have no direct effect on residents’ insurance rates, saying the maps identify hazard — the chance of an area experiencing wildfire — not the risk of ...

Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps, while mostly showing ...