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DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS 4001-4958›PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS 4101-4789.7›CHAPTER 1. Prevention and Control of Forest Fires 4101-4205›ARTICLE 9. Fire Hazard Severity Zones 4201-4204

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California Public Resources Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The director shall classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones. Each zone shall embrace relatively homogeneous lands and shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors present, including areas where winds have been identified by the department as a major cause of wildfire spread.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 366, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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