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Title: Yakima County, WA - Urban-Wildland Interface Code
Type: Regulatory
Jurisdiction: County
State: Washington
Program Description: Urban-Wildland Interface Code

In 2001, Yakima County adopted an Urban-Wildland Interface Code setting out regulations to mitigate wildland fire hazards. The Yakima Ordinance is based on the Model IFCI Ordinance for the Urban-Wildland Interface Code found on page xi of the Urban-Wildland Interface Code 2000 Handbook (IFCI).

The Ordinance adopts the Urban-Wildland Interface Code published in 2000 by the International Fire Code Institute (IFCI). An unofficial copy of the Ordinance is accessible. The ordinance adopted almost all the text of the 2000 Urban-Wildland Interface Code; excepted sections of the Code are noted in the Ordinance.

Defensible Space Regulations

Regulations concerning defensible space are found in Chapter 6, Fire Protection Requirements, and apply to both new and existing buildings located in Urban-Wildland areas. The regulations specifying fuel modification are in Section 603 - Defensible Space. These regulations require fuel modification for a distance of 30 feet around structures in a Moderate Hazard Urban-Wildland Area, 50 feet in areas of High Hazard and 100 feet in Extreme Hazard areas. In all other areas, the fuel modification distance shall be no less than 10 feet.

Ornamental vegetative fuels or cultivated ground cover, such as green grass, ivy, succulents or similar plants used as ground cover, are allowed to be with in the designated defensible space provided they do not form a means of readily transmitting fire from the native growth to any structure.

Trees are allowed within the defensible space provided the horizontal distance between crowns of adjacent trees, and crowns of trees and structures, overhead electrical facilities, or unmodified fuel is not less than 10 feet. Deadwood and litter shall be regularly removed from trees.

Section 604 - Maintenance of Defensible Space, requires the defensible spaces set forth in Section 603 to be maintained so as to provide a clear area for fire suppression operations.

Yakima County did not adopt Appendix I-B of the IFCI code which would require Vegetation Management Plans for proposed subdivisions.

Contact Information

For more information, contact the International Fire Code Institute (IFCI) at (562) 699-0124.

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