Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building and so-called defensible space codes.

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements.

With multiple massive wildfires currently raging across the Los Angeles area, the parallels to what Oregon has faced — and may face again — have not been lost on state lawmakers.

The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home hardening and buffer zones.