On the State Fire Marshal's 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone map, nearly two thirds of Simi Valley's land area is rated Very High, and with High-rated land added, about 71 percent sits in a High or Very High zone. You can check your own address on CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zone lookup.
For a house in a High or Very High zone on local land, or anywhere on State Responsibility Area land, the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7, in force from January 1, 2026) covers reroofing. Its section 507.1 says a roof covering that is replaced, or that has 50 percent or more replaced within 12 months, must be replaced with the covering required for new construction, which is a Class A roof assembly. Any covering added during a repair must be Class A too.
Tile roofs need the most care here, because clay or concrete tile counts as Class A on its own only over a noncombustible deck. Over the usual wood deck, where the tile profile leaves an airspace, section 504.2.1 calls for one of two layers under the tile: a 72 lb mineral-surfaced cap sheet over the deck, or a listed underlayment tested as part of a Class A assembly. Either way, the code also wants bird stops at the eaves and hip and ridge caps mudded in, to keep debris and embers out from under the tile.
When you compare bids on a tile roof, ask each contractor which of the two layers the price includes.