description: Public Resources Code 4201-4204 direct the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to
map fire hazard within State Responsibility Areas (SRA), based on relevant factors such as fuels, terrain, and weather. These
statutes were passed after significant wildland-urban interface fires; consequently these hazards are described according
to their potential for causing ignitions to buildings. These zones, referred to as Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ), provide
the basis for application of various mitigation strategies to reduce risks to buildings associated with wildland fires. The
zones also relate to the requirements for building codes designed to reduce the ignition potential to buildings in the wildland-urban
interface zones. This map has been created by CAL FIRE's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) using data and models
describing development patterns, estimated fire behavior characteristics based on potential fuels over a 30-50 year time horizon,
and expected burn probabilities to quantify the likelihood and nature of vegetation fire exposure to new construction. Details
on the project and specific modeling methodology can be found at http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/methods.htm. The version
of the map shown here represents the official "Maps of Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the State Responsibility Area of California"
as required by PRC 4201-4204 and entitled in the California Code of Regulation, Title 14, Section 1280 Fire Hazard Severity
Zones, and as adopted by CAL FIRE on November 7, 2007. Questions can be directed to David Sapsis, at 916.445.5369, dave.sapsis@fire.ca.gov.
Citation
Title Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
cited responsible party
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author
individual Name Dave Sapsis mailto:dave.sapsis@fire.ca.gov
notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-05-31T16:29:08-07:00