Reporting an incident is easy. Users only need to tap a yellow triangle – the hazard button – appearing in the main Google Maps interface, right below the compass. The same button design is ...

Japan is prone to natural disasters, so the government provides various types of hazard maps. What kinds of dangers are around you? Disaster prevention specialist gives potential life-saving tips.

Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps, while mostly ...

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection updated the fire hazard severity zones based on new modeling. Last year, the agency adopted updated maps of unincorporated, rural areas ...

New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose. In Contra Costa County, the fire hazard severity level decreased for some but ...

Cal Fire has historically updated its fire hazard maps only when the state Legislature requested it. After the 1980 Panorama fire in San Bernardino County that killed four, the state first ordered ...

Firefighter Chris Oliver walks between grapevines as a helicopter drops water over a wildfire burning near a winery in Santa Rosa in 2017. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection this week released new fire hazard severity zone maps for dozens of inland Northern California cities and towns — the first updates to ...

To view the latest local fire hazard maps, go here. Go here for more about the state’s fire hazard mapping. State officials released the latest round of highly anticipated fire hazard maps ...

Statewide, 1.4 million acres have been added to higher fire severity categories. Editorials represent the views of The Press Democrat editorial board and The Press Democrat as an institution.