{"id":"zon-001","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"title":"Defensible-space zone bands (plan, to scale)","file":"/diagrams/zon-001-zone-bands.svg","caption":"FA Exhibit ZON-001. Distances labeled “often” are not statutory on every lot.","alt":"To-scale plan strip of a house and three defensible-space bands. Zone 0 is 0 to 5 feet and kept largely noncombustible. Zone 1 and Zone 2 continue outward. No plants are drawn in Zone 0.","kind":"diagram","rights":"cc-by-4.0","depicts":"CAL FIRE and Firewise home-ignition-zone distance bands measured from walls and attached decks","identifiableAddress":false,"exifGpsStripped":true,"derivation":"After CAL FIRE defensible-space zones and NFPA Firewise Home Ignition Zones. California Zone 0 was not in force as of 23 August 2026.","technicalReviewer":"Grayson Graham","lastVerified":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://www.fire.ca.gov/home-hardening"}}