This polygon shapefile depicts fire hazard areas in the County of Santa Cruz, California. This coverage supports mitigation strategies in Fire Hazard Areas that warrant these investments. Fire Hazard Areas provide specific designation for application of defensible space and building standards consistent with known mechanisms of fire risk to people, property and natural resources. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California.The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data.