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Council Introduces Ordinance Adopting Updated State Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps for Pinole
Summary
Pinole’s City Council introduced an ordinance on May 20 to adopt California Department of Forestry (Cal Fire) fire hazard severity zone maps (FRAP). Staff said most of the city’s newly mapped areas are categorized as 'moderate' and that adopting the maps preserves consistency with state fire-management planning.
Pinole — The City Council on May 20 introduced an ordinance to adopt updated fire hazard severity zone maps developed by the California Department of Forestry (Cal Fire) under the state’s FRAP mapping program.
City staff said the new FRAP maps, published in February 2025, represent the first significant statewide update since 2009 and reflect new wildfire-behavior modeling that considers topography, vegetation and climate data. The updated maps divide areas into moderate, high and very-high fire-hazard severity zones. For…
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