The National Academies Food Forum hosted a public workshop in September 2024 to explore science-informed hazard- and risk-based approaches to safeguarding both the domestic and global food systems.

Hazard versus risk. Cal Fire is adamant that its hazard maps do not influence fire insurance rates nor policy renewals in the state — and for a good reason: While Cal Fire models hazard ...

Scroll down to see how the fire risk changed since 2011 in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. You can find Cal Fire’s latest online map here.

Cal Fire’s refreshed maps show a large increase in areas considered hazardous: “High” and “very high” hazard zones have grown by 168 percent since 2011. That’s partly because computing ...

Hazard, again, are those factors that don't change frequently…where risk is really based on other conditions, other modifications. And the LA fires really were not wildfires.

Changes to the landscape of food safety threats, and the introduction of new regulations to address these concerns increasingly have nutrition, economic, and equity implications. In September 2024, ...