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In late 2005 to be effective in 2008, the California Building Commission adopted California Building Code Chapter 7A requiring new buildings in VH FHSZs to use ignition resistant construction methods and materials. These new codes include provisions to improve the ignition resistance of buildings, especially from firebrands. The updated very high fire hazard severity zones will be used by building officials for new building permits in LRA. The updated zones will also be used to identify property whose owners must comply with natural hazards disclosure requirements at time of property sale and 100 foot defensible space clearance. It is likely that the fire hazard severity zones will be used for updates to the safety element of general plans.
Field Summary:
SRA- The responsibility area.
Local Responsibility Area (LRA)
State Responsibility Area (SRA)
INCORPORATED - Y or N value to show whether the area is incorporated on not incorporated.
HAZ_CODE - Hazard code as denoted from State.
HAZ_CLASS - Hazard classification as denoted from State.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>Government Code 51175-89 directs the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to identify areas of very high fire hazard severity zones within Local Responsibility Areas (LRA). Mapping of the areas, referred to as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ), is based on data and models of, potential fuels over a 30-50 year time horizon and their associated expected fire behavior, and expected burn probabilities to quantify the likelihood and nature of vegetation fire exposure (including firebrands) to buildings. Details on the project and specific modeling methodology can be found at </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/methods.html"><SPAN><SPAN>http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/methods.html</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>. Local Responsibility Area VHFHSZ maps were initially developed in the mid-1990s and are now being updated based on improved science, mapping techniques, and data. This specific geographic information system dataset depicts final CAL FIRE recommendations for Very High FHSZs within the local jurisdiction. The process of finalizing these boundaries involved an extensive local review process, the details of which are available at </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/btnet/"><SPAN><SPAN>http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/btnet/ </SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>(click on "Continue as guest without logging in"). Local government has 120 days to designate, by ordinance, very high fire hazard severity zones within its jurisdiction after receiving the recommendation. Local government can add additional VHFHSZs. There is no requirement for local government to report their final action to CAL FIRE when the recommended zones are adopted. Consequently, users are directed to the appropriate local entity (county, city, fire department, or Fire Protection District) to determine the status of the local fire hazard severity zone ordinance. To display the areas of VHFHSZ recommended by CAL FIRE, simply display on the attribute HAZ_CLASS, as that has been filtered to represent only areas in the Very High Class, and only for areas that are in Local Responsibility Area (LRA) status.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
CAL FIRE recoginzes the important contribution of various local government entities that contributed data, maps, and comments that were critical components of the FHSZ mapping process.
California
fire protection
LRA
fire hazard
wildfire
Local Responsibility Area
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>This dataset DOES NOT define final adopted Very High zones in LRA - users are directed to contact the appropriate local jurisdiction to determine the actual current status of the local ordinance.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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FIRE_HAZARD_SEVERITY_ZONES
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OID
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Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE
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Geometry
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Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
SRA
SRA
String
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0
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INCORPORATED
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String
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0
0
HAZ_CODE
HAZ_CODE
SmallInteger
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HAZ_CLASS
HAZ_CLASS
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