Riverside County adopts 2025 fire code updates to boost resiliency and insurability
The Board adopted an ordinance amending the county fire code to incorporate the 2025 California Fire Code and 2025 Wildland Urban Interface Code with local modifications intended to reduce fire risk and improve residents’ insurability; adoption was unanimous.
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Riverside County presented a three‑year cycle update to its local fire code Dec. 9, proposing adoption of language from the 2025 California Fire Code and the 2025 California Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Code with local modifications. Fire Department staff said the changes include additional water requirements in WUI areas, expanded landscape mitigation and construction requirements aimed at qualifying communities for state or insurer risk‑reduction listings.
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