(1) The division, in consultation with local authorities, shall determine and execute the best method for protecting private and public property by: (a) except as provided by Subsection (1)(d), 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 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 nonfederal forest, range, watershed, or wildland urban interface land within the state; and (d) implementing a limited fire suppression strategy, including allowing a fire to burn with limited or modified suppression, if the division determines that the strategy is appropriate for a specific area or circumstance.
(a) except as provided by Subsection (1)(d), 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 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 nonfederal forest, range, watershed, or wildland urban interface land within the state; and
(d) implementing a limited fire suppression strategy, including allowing a fire to burn with limited or modified suppression, if the division determines that the strategy is appropriate for a specific area or circumstance.
(2) The division may: (a) enter into an agreement with a public or private agency or individual: (i) for the purpose of protecting, managing, or rehabilitating land owned or managed by the agency or individual; and (ii) establishing a predetermined fire suppression plan, including a limited fire suppression strategy, for a specific fire management area; and (b) enter into a reciprocal agreement with a fire protection organization, including a federal agency, to provide fire protection for land, and an improvement on land, for which the organization normally provides fire protection.
(a) enter into an agreement with a public or private agency or individual: (i) for the purpose of protecting, managing, or rehabilitating land owned or managed by the agency or individual; and (ii) establishing a predetermined fire suppression plan, including a limited fire suppression strategy, for a specific fire management area; and
(i) for the purpose of protecting, managing, or rehabilitating land owned or managed by the agency or individual; and
(ii) establishing a predetermined fire suppression plan, including a limited fire suppression strategy, for a specific fire management area; and
(b) enter into a reciprocal agreement with a fire protection organization, including a federal agency, to provide fire protection for land, and an improvement on land, for which the organization normally provides fire protection.