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  2. A Newsom-backed bill to change California’s wildfire hazard ...

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    The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s fire hazard severity designations were established in the 1980s in the wake of severe fires. According to Cal Fire, the assignments ...

  3. California bill would abolish state fire hazard rankings ...

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    Senate Bill 610 seeks to repeal current rules that classify state and local lands into "moderate," "high" and "very high" fire hazard severity zones — a process that rates areas based on their ...

  4. A Newsom-backed bill to change California’s wildfire hazard ...

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    The bill would replace the state’s three-tiered system with one large ‘wildfire mitigation.’ Here’s what the change means.

  5. List of California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans.

  6. Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley - Wikipedia

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    The fire danger in the foothills is very high. Almost all of the cities that the hills go through are cities for which CAL FIRE has made recommendations on Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. [2] There have been a number of wild fires in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, that is part of the area's natural environment.

  7. National Fire Danger Rating System - Wikipedia

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    The bottom line of the National Fire Danger Rating System in the day-to-day operation of a fire prevention and suppression program is the staffing class. The staffing class is sometimes referred to as the action class, adjective class, precaution class, preparedness class, or the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL). [2]

  8. More than half of rural California now ranks 'very high' for ...

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    Nearly 17 million acres will fall under the worst ranking from the state fire marshal, a 14.6% increase since the map was last updated in 2007. More than half of rural California now ranks 'very ...

  9. Standardized Natural Hazards Disclosure Statement - Wikipedia

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    The law specifies that the six (6) required hazards be disclosed on a statutory form called the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement (NHDS). Required Risks Include: 1. A Special Flood Hazard Area 2. Dam Inundation 3. Very High Fire 4. Wildland fire 5. Earthquake Fault Zone 6. A Seismic hazard The following supplemental hazards are commonly ...