SALT LAKE CITY — Close to 60,000 structures across Utah are considered at "high risk" for being impacted by wildfires, putting some homeowners on the path to pay new fees, according to a new state map ...

The high-risk wildland-urban interface map released Dec. 18 is a requirement from new state law House Bill 48. The law, and ...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Wildland-Urban Interface Ordinance applies to areas with high fire hazard severity zones and one Fire Marshall says he’s most concerned with east Bakersfield. The ...

New legislation passed in 2025 mandated the creation of a plan to help Utahns living in high risk areas for wildfires.

Director of Utah Forestry, Fire and State Lands Jamie Barnes talks about House Bill 48 and how it will mitigate fire risk and ...

The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands unveiled the state’s new High-Risk Wildland Urban Interface map, a key ...

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires in remote areas, new research finds. The study, published this week ...

Saratoga City Council approved a new map that extends the boundary of the Wildland Urban Interface, or WUI, to encapsulate Cal Fire’s changes to the city’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map. Cal Fire ...

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires in remote areas, new research finds. The study, published this week ...

The Woodland Township Board of Directors approved the $590,000 purchase of a new fire truck that will aid the department in tackling wildfires in the densely forested community. Woodlands Fire Chief ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...