SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire officials have released an updated fire hazard severity zone ... “very high” hazard, remained the same under the ...

Ramona falls under the unincorporated areas of the maps, which are not separated by the various towns, officials said.

The main use for the maps, Cal Fire Capt. Jim McDougald told The San Diego Union-Tribune, is for planning new homes. Building a home in a “very high” severity zone, for example, would ...

The number in the highest tier — the “very high fire hazard severity ... San Bernardino counties, but decreased 13% in San Diego County. Five cities that had very-high fire zones in the 2011 ...