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As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding.
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zone maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of ...
The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. Instead, the maps evaluate hazard, or the “physical conditions that create a ...
Insurance issues are not likely to ease for Hamers and others in his neighborhood considering new Fire Hazard Severity Maps that continue to place Hamers' neighborhood north of Benton Drive in a zone ...
and the state maps enable viewers to compare old severity zone rating areas with new ones. Jay Sumerlin, the city of Redding's deputy fire chief, said the city of Redding's maps cover hazard ...
Though prior versions had distinguished between “moderate,” “high” and “very high” hazard zones in areas under Cal Fire’s remit, the maps only showed the most dangerous bits of the ...
The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. These maps are intended to “drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions." ...
Though prior versions had distinguished between “moderate,” “high” and “very high” hazard zones in areas under CalFire’s remit, the maps only showed the most dangerous bits of the ...
With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much ...