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Laketown hears plan to adopt Utah WUI code to access suppression funds
Summary
A Rich County fire warden told Laketown officials they should adopt the 2006 Utah Wildland-Urban Interface code to remain eligible for state suppression funding; town staff were asked to work with the presenter on ordinance, mapping and a community wildfire plan.
Travis Hobbs, Rich County fire warden and a representative of Utah Forestry, Fire and State Lands, urged the Laketown Town Council on Feb. 4 to adopt the 2006 Utah Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code required by House Bill 48 and to develop a WUI map and updated community wildfire protection plan.
Hobbs told the council that, given Laketown’s history with wildfires, the town is…
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