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Fire marshal presents new Local Responsibility Area maps; city updates ordinance language to cover 'moderate' zones
Summary
San Mateo Consolidated Fire briefed the council on recently released Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire hazard severity zone maps and explained planned local code changes to include 'moderate' hazard zones so the department can apply Chapter 7A building standards and continue defensible-space inspections.
San Mateo — Fire Marshal Carissa Workman presented updated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire hazard severity zone maps and related fire-code changes to the City Council on June 16.
Workman told the council that the Office of the State Fire Marshal released updated LRA maps in March 2025 that identify areas as moderate, high or very high hazard severity zones. Under recent state law changes, cities must adopt the new LRA designations to establish land-use, building-standard and defensible-space authorities…
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