1. (1) "County" is a political subdivision organized under Subsection 17-50-101(1) that contains High Risk Wildland Urban Interface.
2. (2) "Division" is the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.
3. (3) "High Risk Wildland Urban Interface" is identified within the Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (UWRAP) as seven and above on the Wildfire Structure Exposure Score combined with a structure density as determined by the division.
4. (4) "Individual" a natural person, government agency, municipality, corporation, limited liability company, or business association including but not limited to a partnership.
5. (5) "Lot Assessment" is an assessment performed by the Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator to analyze the wildfire risk of the property and structure according to the Wildland Urban Interface Building Standards pursuant to Section 65A-8-402.
6. (6) "Lot Assessment Results" means the results and recommendations as determined by the lot assessment.
7. (7) "Non High Risk Wildland Urban Interface" means Wildland Urban Interface that is not identified within UWRAP as High Risk Wildland Urban Interface.
8. (8) "Property" means real property that contains one or more structures.
9. (9) "Property Owner" means an individual who owns property in the High Risk Wildland Urban Interface.
10. (10) "Required Lot Assessment Improvements" means the lot assessment results that must be performed to comply with the Utah WUI Code.
11. (11) "Structure" means a "building" or "accessory structure" as defined in the Utah WUI Code and that also satisfies the definition of "property" in Subsection 59-2-102(30)(a).

12. (12) "Triage Scale" A lot assessment metric that classifies the wildfire risk to structures into three categories:

    1. (a) "Classification III" means there is extreme risk of wildfire damage to structures.
    2. (b) "Classification II" means there is very high risk of wildfire damage to structures.
    3. (c) "Classification I" means there is high risk of wildfire damage to structures.
13. (13) "Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) means the zone where structures and other human development meets, or intermingles with, undeveloped wildland.
14. (14) "Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator" means a representative of the division or a county who evaluates and classifies wildland urban interface property pursuant to Section 65A-8-402.
15. (15) "Wildland Urban Interface Property and Casualty Insurer" means an insurer that issues property or casualty insurance for wildland urban interface property.
16. (16) "Wildland Urban Interface Building Standards" means the Utah WUI Code adopted under Section 15A-2-103.

Rule R652-126 implements Article XVIII of the Utah Constitution and Section 65A-8-203 and establishes guidelines for the evaluation and classification of property within the wildland urban interface.

R652-126-200. Definitions.

KEY: WUI, Risk Assessment, property classification

Date of Last Change: February 24, 2026

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