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Loma Linda council introduces ordinance to adopt updated CAL FIRE hazard maps after technical briefing
Summary
City staff briefed the council on CAL FIRE's updated fire hazard severity maps and recommended introducing an ordinance to adopt the maps; the council voted unanimously to introduce the bill on first reading and set a second hearing for June 10, 2025. Council members pressed staff on insurance impacts and mitigation tools such as defensible space and community wildfire protection plans.
City staff presented updated fire hazard severity maps prepared using CAL FIRE methodology and recommended that the City Council introduce an ordinance on first reading to accept those maps for Loma Linda.
The presenter explained CAL FIRE's new three‑level designations—moderate, high and very high—and described the scientific inputs used to assign zones, including long‑term weather data, topography, slope, historical fire occurrences (1991–2020) and a firebrand (ember) production/transport model. The presenter said the maps use 30‑meter resolution scoring and that wildland zones must meet minimum area thresholds (wildland minimum 200 acres; urban zone…
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