OPB

Meetings in ‘high hazard’ communities prepare Oregonians for revised wildfire map

Juliet Grable / JPR On Monday night, dozens of property owners crowded into a room at the Jackson County Expo in Central Point, Oregon, to learn about the revised map, which will be available for ...
OPB

How Oregon is mapping wildfire hazards

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Do you live in a wildfire hazard zone? Here’s what that means

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 ...
Capital Public Radio

Hazard maps, air tankers and funding: Cal Fire prepares for longer, more unpredictable wildfire season

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 ...
KTVZ

Oregon Department of Forestry releases revised statewide wildfire hazard zone maps after initial version was pulled

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the Oregon ...
The Desert Sun

Cal Fire releases Southern California fire maps showing which areas are under a higher threat

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 ...