Dublin, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

Dublin sits at the edge of the East Bay hills, and part of the city falls within mapped fire hazard severity zones. The State Fire Marshal released updated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps on February 24, 2025. According to local reporting on the CAL FIRE update, Dublin now contains roughly 1,778 acres of Moderate hazard severity and 1,941 acres of High hazard severity, and the city has no Very High severity acres in the latest maps. The newly drawn zones can trigger requirements that did not previously apply to some properties, including a fire-hazard disclosure when selling a home in a high or very high hazard zone and additional design and construction requirements for new construction in high-severity zones, generally through the California Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code, which Dublin has adopted alongside the California Fire Code. The Alameda County Fire Department conducts defensible-space inspections for properties in higher-hazard zones and requires a real-estate defensible-space disclosure for residential sales in high or very high hazard severity zones. Property owners in these areas should maintain defensible space (clearing to ground level within 100 feet of structures), use ignition-resistant building materials where required, and follow ACFD vegetation-management guidance. Residents can confirm their specific zone using the city's Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps page and the CAL FIRE viewer.