R652-120-200. Responsibilities of Division

  1. The division in consultation with local authorities, the division shall determine and execute the best method for protecting private and public property by:

  (a) except as provided by Subsection (1), preventing, preparing for, or mitigating the origin and spread of fire on nonfederal forest, range, watershed or wildland urban interface land in the state;

  (b) encouraging a private landowner to conserve, protect, and manage forest or other land throughout the state;

  (c) taking action the division considers appropriate to manage wildland fire and protect life and property on the non-federal forest, range, watershed, or wildland urban interface land within the state.

  (d) implementing a limited fire suppression strategy, including allowing a fire to burn within limited or modified suppression, if the division determines the strategy is appropriate for a specific area or circumstance.

  (e) the state forester shall make certain that appropriate action is taken to control wildland fires on unincorporated non-federal forest, range, watershed and wildland urban interface lands.

  2. The division may enter into a cooperative agreement with a county, municipality, or other eligible entity to provide financial and wildland fire management assistance.