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State fire official briefs Scofield on House Bill 48, WUI mapping and fees
Summary
A Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands official told the Scofield Town Council that House Bill 48 requires municipalities in the state CWS program to adopt the Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI) code, explained mapping and per‑structure fees, and urged the town to work with county/building officials before adopting codes.
Jeremy Jorgensen, a Fire Technician 4 with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands, told the Scofield Town Council on May 11 that House Bill 48 aims "to reduce the risk of wildfire spreading to and from structures in the wildland urban interface." He described a state mapping process that places structures in a high‑risk WUI layer and said classification can trigger per‑structure fees collected by counties to fund program implementation.
Jorgensen said the state uses a computer model ("ember casting") and satellite imagery to map ignition risk and that structures that "touch" a high‑risk map…
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