1. 1. Only wildfire suppression costs that are accrued and paid by the state on behalf of a participating entity are counted toward that entity's Historic Fire Cost Average, this includes state-paid costs after a Delegation of Fire Management Authority and Transfer of Fiscal Responsibility has occurred.
2. 2. The historic fire cost average is calculated on a rolling ten-year average, dropping the highest and lowest cost years and adjusting for inflation, using the CPI; therefore, each ten-year average will have eight data points.
3. 3. The historic fire cost average includes only suppression costs for which that entity who has fire suppression responsibility and taxation authority.
4. 4. A county's historic fire cost average will only include state-paid suppression costs on all unincorporated land other than federal and state.
5. 5. A municipality's historic fire cost average will only include state-paid suppression costs on all incorporated land other than federal and state.
6. 6. An entity with both county and municipality responsibilities will include state-paid suppression costs on all unincorporated land other than federal, within a county and state-paid suppression costs on all incorporated land other than federal, within their jurisdiction.

KEY: minimum standards, wildland urban interface, cooperative agreements

Date of Last Change: June 21, 2024

Notice of Continuation: January 8, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 65A-8-203