Join Fire Chief Dan Cazier, Fire Marshall & Division Chief Con Fulde, and Utah Insurance Commissioner Jon Pike on Wednesday May 7th at 7pm at Rocky Vista University (255 E Center Street) for a “Talkabout” focusing on fire risk, mitigation, and property insurance issues.
This is about fire risks and how to defend against them with simple steps we can take around our homes. But it’s more than that. It’s also about protecting our homes with adequate property insurance. Ivins homeowners, and many others around the state, have been grappling with skyrocketing insurance rates over the past couple of years.
Some residents, particularly those in areas deemed wildfire-prone, have even been dropped by their insurance providers. A new bill, HB 48, which was signed by the Governor in March aims to address these issues by redefining wildfire risk zones with a state-specific mapping system.
Insurance companies currently rely on national wildfire risk maps, which often classify entire communities as high-risk, even when local conditions suggest otherwise. The proposed mapping system leverages data collected by the Utah Division of Forestry, where state workers have meticulously assessed the “fuelscape,” or the fire risk, in individual neighborhoods and properties.
Hopefully Utah Insurance Commissioner Jon Pike can give us a positive update on this at the Talkabout (Read more here).
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