R652-122-500. Determination of Historic Fire Cost Average

(1) All wildland fire suppression costs accrued and paid by the state on behalf of a participating entity are counted toward that entity's historic fire cost average, including: state-paid costs before and after a delegation of fire management authority and transfer of fiscal responsibility. (2) The historic fire cost average is calculated on a rolling ten-year average, dropping the highest and lowest cost years and adjusting for inflation, using the Consumer Price Index. As a result, each ten-year average will have eight data points. (3) A county's historic fire cost average will only include state-paid wildland fire suppression costs on all unincorporated land other than federal and state lands. (4) A municipality's historic fire cost average will only include state-paid wildland fire suppression costs on all incorporated land other than federal and state lands. (5) A participating entity with both county and municipality responsibilities will include state-paid wildland fire suppression costs on all unincorporated land, other than federal and state land, within a county, and state-paid wildland fire suppression costs on all incorporated land, other than federal and state land, within their jurisdiction.