Cal Fire is partnering with Google and Muon Space to develop a satellite system for early wildfire detection. The satellites will use AI algorithms to differentiate wildfires from other heat ...

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 ...

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – CAL Fire SLO crews responded to a three-acre brush fire near Oso Flaco Lake just after 3:00 p.m Monday. Forward progress of the fire stopped just before 6:00 p.m ...

Cal Fire had already released fire maps for Northern and Central California this year. The new 2025 maps update the previous 2007-2011 models, with zone rankings based on vegetation, terrain ...

“We could be in for a bad fire season with these (high) grasses,” said Marshall Turbeville, Cal Fire battalion chief for the Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit. Now that it’s stopped raining, fire ...

Cal Fire officials have released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps, marking the fourth and final round of hazard map updates since the previous release in 2011. The newly released ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...