Only in more than a decade will state officials update the Southern California fire map.
This includes important information about the latest wildfire-prone areas, fire risk zones, and fire construction codes.
The new map will impact local government land use decisions, building standards and wildfire mitigation strategies.
Since these maps were last updated in 2015, there have been several major fires this year, including the Pallisard and Eaton fires.
For example, the 2011 CAL Fire Map showed Pallisard and Malibu in bright red as the “very high fire hazard severity zone” in Los Angeles County.
However, near Altadena, the very northern neighbours of the hillside were designated as “very high fire hazard severity”, but most of Altadena were not.
The map unfolds on Monday includes land in counties such as LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.
They show that wildfires could occur in these areas within the next 30-50 years. The map classifies the land as “fire hazard severity zones” and is classified as very high in yellow, orange or red.
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