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Hemet adopts updated state fire hazard severity zone map; council declines to reduce mapped areas
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance updating Hemet’s fire hazard severity zones to reflect California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) 2025 maps, prompting questions about insurance effects and mitigation steps.
The Hemet City Council voted June 10 to adopt updated fire hazard severity zones produced by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), amending the Hemet Municipal Code to replace the 2008 map with the 2025 version.
Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Webb and other staff described the state’s methodology for the updated maps, which adds moderate and high categories in addition to “very high” zones. Staff said the maps are hazard assessments based on vegetation, slope, wind and historical fire behavior; they do not measure risk, which also accounts for structure-level mitigation. The state’s mapping process uses historical data from 1991–2020 and additional modeling…
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