Welcome to the Wildfire & Land Use Planning Evaluation Tool. The FLUPE provides a snapshot of how your community is doing to plan and regulate the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This tool is useful for land use planners, fire chiefs, fire marshals, wildfire mitigation specialists, building officials, and others engaged in local jurisdictional roles that relate to WUI planning decisions.

Completion of the FLUPE can be done by one or more individuals and typically takes 15-20 minutes. For best results, we recommend having strong familiarity with how your community administers local practices (plans, policies, regulations) related to the WUI.

Basic Information


Jurisdiction Type

Identifying the WUI, Wildfire Hazard, and Wildfire Risk

Has your authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) spatially identified where the wildland-urban interface (WUI) is located within the applicable jurisdictional boundaries?

Has your AHJ developed a wildfire hazard, or wildfire risk map that is delineated in different levels of wildfire hazard or risk within your jurisdictional boundaries?

If so, are any of the AHJ's WUI, wildfire hazard, and/or wildfire risk maps used to inform decisions related to growth and development, such as the basis for WUI policies or regulations that reduce risk to homes?

If your AHJ has encountered challenges, or barriers that are preventing the process of identifying the WUI, wildfire hazard, or wildfire risk, what are they?

Integrating WUI Policies into the Comprehensive, General, or Master Plan

Has your AHJ adopted policies in its Comprehensive, General, or Master Plan that address wildfire threat to people and property in the WUI?

If so, have these WUI/wildfire policies been reviewed and/or updated within the last five years?

If so, have these WUI/wildfire policies been used to help inform decisions such prioritizing safer development, forest health, open space/ park management, effective emergency response, or public engagement?

If your AHJ has encountered challenges, or barriers that are preventing the integration of policy to address wildfire threat, what are they?

Integrating Land Use Planning into Wildfire / Hazard Plans

Does your AHJ have a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)?

If so, has your CWPP(s) been updated in the last five years?

If so, does the CWPP(s) reference other land use plans, such as the Comprehensive, General, or Master Plan, to support safer development in the WUI through the implementation of policies, regulations, or codes?

Does your AHJ have a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP)?

If so, has your LHMP been updated in the last five years?

Does your AHJ have an open space management plan?

If so, does it address wildfire threat to your jurisdiction?

Does your AHJ have an urban forestry management plan?

If so, does the urban forestry management plan address wildfire threat to your jurisdiction?

Is there strategic alignment between your community's plans (such as the Comprehensive, CWPP, LHMP, Open Space, Urban Forestry) to ensure that priorities for growth and wildfire risk reduction in the WUI are coordinated?

If your AHJ has encountered challenges, or barriers that are preventing the integration of land use planning into wildfire planning, what are they?

Regulating Development in the WUI

Has your AHJ adopted any WUI building construction regulations, such as a requirement for ignition-resistant construction materials for new development?

Has your AHJ adopted any vegetation management or landscape regulations, such as requirements for defensible space, hazardous vegetation management, or restrictions on the use of highly flammable plant species and mulch?

Has your AHJ adopted any subdivision regulations to address wildfire, such as minimum standards for fire protection (water supply, emergency access), vegetation management and maintenance, or siting and location of new housing units away from hazardous terrain?

Has your AHJ adopted any other type of zoning, fire, WUI or other code-related requirements not listed above that address wildfire threat in your area?

Is there clear and well-established administration, review, and enforcement process to ensure locally-adopted wildfire regulations are being implemented as intended, and do not conflict with other regulations?

If your AHJ has encountered challenges, or barriers that are preventing the adoption of wildfire regulations, what are they?

Supplemental WUI Planning Activities

Does your AHJ have a local fire council, committee, or similar collaborative group that meets regularly to discuss wildfire mitigation, planning, resilience, recovery, or similar topics?

Does your AHJ conduct local outreach and educational activities that provide opportunities for the public to engage in wildfire mitigation?

Does your AHJ have any programs in place to support wildfire threat to existing development, such as a home ignition zone assessment program, financial incentives for home retrofits, etc.?

If your AHJ has encountered challenges, or barriers that are preventing the adoption of wildfire regulations, what are they?

Is there anything else that your AHJ is doing to address wildfire threat in the WUI that you would like to share with us?
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