An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

The letter Mead received read the following: "If the property insured by Citizens under this policy is located outside of the Special Flood Hazard area, flood coverage must be in place effective ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

All data were converted into thematic layers in GIS, systematically weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and combined to produce hazard, vulnerability, and exposure maps respectively.

The town had initially been told in July of last year by FEMA that it needed to remove noncompliant structures that were incorrectly permitted in the Special Flood Hazard Area and provide ...

Many fire agencies in Marin have been using a fire hazard map that outlines wildland-urban interface boundaries — a geographic area where the developed environment meets the undeveloped — to ...

(KPTV) - On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83, which is another step in repealing a controversial wildfire hazard map for ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and comment, the Kern County Fire Department said. Cal ...