Accessing Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps and Data:From June to September 2008 CAL FIRE is posting Recommended maps for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local Responsibility Areas. For each county, until Recommended Maps are posted, Draft Maps used to develop recommendations for cities and unincorporated LRA in the county remain available.

Hub page to facilitate local agency involvement in the Local Responsibility Area (LRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) process. This page will allow local agency officials to access LRA maps and data once they are finalized.

Public Resources Code 4201-4204 directs the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to map fire hazard within State Responsibility Areas (SRA) based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors present, including areas where winds have been identified by the department as a major cause of wildfire ...

Discover, analyze and download data from LRA FHSZ - Hub Site Application. Download in CSV, KML, Zip, GeoJSON, GeoTIFF or PNG. Find API links for GeoServices, WMS, and WFS. Analyze with charts and thematic maps. Take the next step and create storymaps and webmaps.

Viewer application to display Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) in Local Responsibility Area (LRA). The viewer shows FHSZ in LRA as recommended from January 22, 2025. Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer

Click here for more details about Local Responsibility Area - Fire Hazard Severity Zones: LRA-Legislation-Factsheet. FAQ's: Why are there new maps? 1. Government code 51178 requires the state to identify moderate and high severity zones in addition to very high. 2. Previous LRA maps only contained very high. 3.

On March 24, 2025, the OSFM issued the 2025 Recommended Local Responsibility Area (LRA) FHSZ maps for San Diego. LRA 2025 FHSZ Map Changes. Under State law, Government Code Section 51179 (b)(3), a local agency (SDFD) SHALL NOT decrease the level of the LRA FHSZ recommended by the OSFM. A local agency (SDFD) can only make additions to or ...

Before and After LRA Map. To view the data as a PDF map, please click on a city below: ... (FHSZ) within local response areas (LRA) only. The data provided is for informational purposes and should not be used as a sole resource for assessing fire risk. For information on Fire Hazard Severity Zones outside of the local response area, please ...

The Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps are developed using a science-based and field-tested model that assigns a hazard score based on the factors that influence fire likelihood and fire behavior. Many factors are considered such as fire history, existing and potential fuel (natural vegetation), predicted flame length, blowing embers ...

The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is releasing local responsibility area (LRA) maps, designated as moderate, high, or very high in a fire hazard severity zone. According to the Executive Order (EO), the updated maps add 1.4 million new acres of land into the two higher tiers of fire severity, which will require updates to building and ...