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Draper fire chief explains HB48 mapping, who faces potential assessments and what homeowners can do
Summary
Fire Chief Clint Smith told residents HB48 established a statewide WOOI map and higher building standards; only homes in the state's highest‑risk (category 8) pockets face mandated assessments, which legislators have delayed through at least 2027.
Chief Clint Smith of the Draper City Fire Department told residents at a city briefing that HB48, enacted during the 2025 legislative session, created a statewide wildland‑urban interface (WOOI) mapping requirement and new standards for construction and vegetation in the WOOI.
"So let's start with HB48 which was from the 2025 legislative session," Smith said, explaining the law requires mapping, sets building and landscaping standards and directed the state to develop a high‑risk map. He said the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands produced the map using topography, vegetation, fire history and fire‑behavior modeling,…
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