HB 1419 Summary

• Establishes four standardized fire status definitions for use by county fire chiefs, state fire marshal, and state fire council in public communications, internal guidelines, formal reporting, and fire safety regulations.

• Defines "Uncontrolled" as any fire threatening life, property, or natural resources that is either not burning within firebreak confines or burning with intensity that cannot be readily extinguished with ordinary tools.

• Defines "Containment" as completion of a control line around a fire and associated spot fires that can reasonably be expected to stop the fire's spread.

• Defines "Controlled" as completion of control lines, burned-out unburned adjacent areas, and cooled hotspots that pose immediate threats to control lines, until lines can reasonably be expected to hold under foreseeable conditions.

• Defines "Extinguished" as a previous fire with no hotspots or smoke detected within lines for at least 48 hours, or 96 hours during red flag warnings or drought conditions.