Official Zone Zero resources for Ventura County

Primary sources

Where the rules actually live

• Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (bof.fire.ca.gov): the Zone 0 regulatory drafts, including the April 17, 2026 text.
• CAL FIRE (fire.ca.gov): Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, the official Zone 0 FAQ, and defensible space guidance. The 2025 county remap lives here.
• OSFM FHSZ viewer: look up your exact parcel's tier, the decisive check in a county where 59,000 of 86,000 mapped parcels are now Very High.
• Ventura County Fire Department (vcfd.org): the AHJ for the contract cities and unincorporated communities.
• Ventura City Fire Department: the independent AHJ inside the City of Ventura, with the city's own hazard-mapping process.
• IBHS (ibhs.org): the ember-intrusion research underlying the ember-resistant zone standard.
• Statewide context: Zone Zero California, the network's statewide guide and zone checker.

Regulations move. As of September 19, 2026 there is no statewide Zone 0 regulation in force. Local adoptions and existing defensible-space rules still apply. Anything time-sensitive on this site should be verified against these sources before you make decisions.