View the state's Fire Hazard Severity Zones and see which zone your home is in at https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation ...

Cal Fire added thousands of San Luis Obispo properties to a new map that identified fire-prone areas in California this year — and now those property owners will need to retrofit their homes and yards ...

New fire prevention rules are set to take effect in February for San Diego homeowners, banning flammable items — like plants, ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Under California’s proposed defensible space rules, ‘no landscaping materials that are likely to be ignited by ...

Late in October, California fire officials made a courtesy call to Los Angeles. The state's proposed Zone Zero regulations that would force homeowners to create an ember-resistant zone around their ...

As if pouring water from a watering can, a firefighter held up a drip torch over a freshly planted rose bush and released a few drops — not of water but of flaming fuel, igniting the bush and the ...

A California state agency won’t meet Governor Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires, rules that experts say could have limited the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After years of delays, California’s Zone Zero regulations face a Dec. 31 deadline. But it seems likely state ...