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That ordinance does not impose an IWUIC Class A roof from Chapter 5.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"covering-vs-assembly","title":"Covering versus assembly","url":"/guides/covering-vs-assembly/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:fire-apparatus-access:4","anchor":"local-us-nm-santa-fe-fire-apparatus-access-4","place":"Santa Fe County Fire Code (2021 IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm-santa-fe","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Section 9.D replaces IWUIC 403.2.1 so driveways provide a minimum unobstructed width of 14 feet and a minimum unobstructed height of 13 feet 6 inches. 403.2.5 requires all-weather turnouts not less than 20 feet wide and 40 feet long where the Fire Marshal requires them.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"fire-apparatus-access","title":"Fire apparatus access on the lot","url":"/guides/fire-apparatus-access/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:how-wui-is-mapped:17","anchor":"local-us-nm-santa-fe-how-wui-is-mapped-17","place":"Santa Fe County Fire Code (2021 IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm-santa-fe","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Section 9.B replaces IWUIC 302.1 through 302.3. WUI area boundaries are shown on the wildland-urban interface area map attached as Exhibit A and available in the GIS Division by reference to the Vegetation Classification layer.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"how-wui-is-mapped","title":"How the WUI is mapped","url":"/guides/how-wui-is-mapped/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"standard:iwuic:22","anchor":"local-us-nm-santa-fe-iwuic-22","place":"Santa Fe County Fire Code (2021 IWUIC, Chapter 5 deleted)","placeId":"us-nm-santa-fe","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":"iwuic","claim":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Section 8 adopts the 2021 IWUIC. Section 9.H deletes Chapter 5. That is a mapped overlay with access and fuel-modification rules, not an IWUIC Class A roof book.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"standard","id":"iwuic","title":"International Wildland-Urban Interface Code","url":"/standards/iwuic/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:deleting-iwuic-chapter-5:1","anchor":"local-us-nm-santa-fe-deleting-iwuic-chapter-5-1","place":"Santa Fe County Fire Code (2021 IWUIC, Chapter 5 deleted)","placeId":"us-nm-santa-fe","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Ordinance 2023-6 Section 8 adopts the 2021 IWUIC, subject to Section 9. Section 9.H deletes Chapter 5. 9.B maps WUI areas on the GIS Vegetation Classification layer. 9.D sets driveways at 14 feet by 13 feet 6 inches. 9.J sets fuel modification at not less than 30 feet or to the lot line, whichever is less. That is not an IWUIC Chapter 5 roof book. Confirm with the building official.","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"deleting-iwuic-chapter-5","title":"What deleting IWUIC Chapter 5 actually removes","url":"/guides/deleting-iwuic-chapter-5/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:zone-0-california-oregon-firewise:3","anchor":"local-us-nm-santa-fe-zone-0-california-oregon-firewise-3","place":"Santa Fe County Fire Code (2021 IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm-santa-fe","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Section 9.J replaces IWUIC 603.2 so new buildings comply with Table 603.2 fuel modification, not less than 30 feet or to the lot line, whichever is less. That is not California Zone 0.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"zone-0-california-oregon-firewise","title":"Zone 0 in California, Oregon, Firewise, and IBHS","url":"/guides/zone-0-california-oregon-firewise/"},"source":{"title":"Santa Fe County Ordinance 2023-6 Fire Code","url":"https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/ordinances/Ordinance_2023-06.pdf","publisher":"Santa Fe County","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z"}}],"inherited":[{"id":"guide:covering-vs-assembly:21","anchor":"local-us-nm-covering-vs-assembly-21","place":"New Mexico statewide (IBC/IRC, no IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"14.7.2 and 14.7.3 NMAC adopt the 2021 IBC and IRC. There is no statewide IWUIC Class A roof. A county overlay may still require one.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"covering-vs-assembly","title":"Covering versus assembly","url":"/guides/covering-vs-assembly/"},"source":{"title":"14.7.2 NMAC 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code","url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title14/14.007.0002.html","publisher":"New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:ibhs-does-not-replace-code:5","anchor":"local-us-ibhs-does-not-replace-code-5","place":"United States (IBHS program availability)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"IBHS’s About page, opened 26 August 2026, lists Wildfire Prepared Home as currently available in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The applicant must be the property owner. Application fee $125 nonrefundable. Designation valid three years with two annual photo reviews. The evaluator documents conditions and does not provide mitigation advice or determine qualification. Homes under active construction are not eligible. Share the certificate with the agent to get ready for that conversation; this page does not quote a premium percentage.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"ibhs-does-not-replace-code","title":"IBHS does not replace adopted code","url":"/guides/ibhs-does-not-replace-code/"},"source":{"title":"About Wildfire Prepared Home","url":"https://wildfireprepared.org/about/","publisher":"Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety","sourceType":"standard-body","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"standard:iwuic:20","anchor":"local-us-nm-iwuic-20","place":"New Mexico statewide (IBC/IRC, no IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":"iwuic","claim":"14.7.2 NMAC adopts the 2021 IBC as the New Mexico Commercial Building Code. 14.7.3 NMAC adopts the 2021 IRC as the residential book. Those statewide rules do not adopt IWUIC. A county may still adopt IWUIC locally.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"standard","id":"iwuic","title":"International Wildland-Urban Interface Code","url":"/standards/iwuic/"},"source":{"title":"14.7.2 NMAC 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code","url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title14/14.007.0002.html","publisher":"New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:new-mexico-wui-code-status:1","anchor":"local-us-nm-new-mexico-wui-code-status-1","place":"New Mexico statewide (IBC/IRC, no IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"14.7.2 NMAC adopts the 2021 IBC as the New Mexico Commercial Building Code, effective 14 July 2023. 14.7.3 NMAC is the residential book. Those statewide rules do not adopt IWUIC. A county may still adopt IWUIC locally. Confirm with the building official.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"new-mexico-wui-code-status","title":"New Mexico WUI code status","url":"/guides/new-mexico-wui-code-status/"},"source":{"title":"14.7.2 NMAC 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code","url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title14/14.007.0002.html","publisher":"New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:no-national-wui-construction-code:1","anchor":"local-us-no-national-wui-construction-code-1","place":"United States (no federal WUI house code)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Executive Order 13728 (18 May 2016) aims to mitigate wildfire risk to Federal buildings in the WUI. USFA’s implementation guidelines, opened 26 August 2026, say new Federal buildings and alterations greater than 5,000 square feet on Federal land in moderate or greater WUI risk should apply the current IWUIC or an equivalent nationally recognized code. The guidelines are advisory and create no homeowner permit. A private house is under the construction book the state or city adopted, if any.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"no-national-wui-construction-code","title":"No national WUI construction code","url":"/guides/no-national-wui-construction-code/"},"source":{"title":"Implementation Guidelines for Executive Order 13728 Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Management","url":"https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/eo13728_guidelines.pdf","publisher":"U.S. Fire Administration / Mitigation Framework Leadership Group","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard:3","anchor":"local-us-nm-pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard-3","place":"New Mexico Forestry Division FireWise Plant List","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"The official table contains 140 printed rows: 36 trees and large shrubs, 32 shrubs, and 72 flowers and ground covers. FireApproved publishes 95 exact same-rank owners already in the directory and holds 45 rows without projection. Each published owner retains the printed water, sun/shade, mature-height, bloom, and elevation cells. In the elevation columns, Y means yes, N means not recommended, ? means unknown or doubtful, and a blank remains not stated.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard","title":"Piñon-juniper woodland is the yard","url":"/guides/pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard/"},"source":{"title":"FireWise Plant List for New Mexico","url":"https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/Wui_plantlist.pdf","publisher":"New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard:2","anchor":"local-us-nm-pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard-2","place":"NM EMNRD / NMSU Fire Wise Plant Materials","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"There are no truly fireproof plant species. Plant choice, spacing and maintenance are critical. Where and how you plant can be more important than what species you use. Conifers tend to be flammable due to their oil and pitch content, regardless of water status. Deciduous plants tend to be more fire resistant. Salt cedar is a notable exception among salt-tolerant plants: extremely volatile oils, burns very hot. Plants nearest the home should be more widely spaced and smaller. Plant in small, irregular clusters and islands, not in large masses. This publication is based on and borrowed heavily from Chuck Dennis, Colorado State Forest Service.","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard","title":"Piñon-juniper woodland is the yard","url":"/guides/pinon-juniper-woodland-is-the-yard/"},"source":{"title":"Fire Wise Plant Materials","url":"https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/FireWisePlantMaterialsNMSU.pdf","publisher":"NM EMNRD Forestry Division / NMSU Cooperative Extension Service","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:ready-gov-wildfire-and-the-house:1","anchor":"local-us-ready-gov-wildfire-and-the-house-1","place":"United States (Ready.gov household wildfire page)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Ready.gov Wildfires, last updated 11 August 2026, tells households to use fire-resistant materials to build, renovate, or repair; find an outdoor water source with a hose that can reach any area of the property; and create a fire-resistant zone free of leaves, debris, or flammable materials for at least 30 feet from the home. Designate a room that can be closed off from outside air and set up a portable air cleaner when smoky conditions exist. Download the FEMA app for National Weather Service alerts. Evacuate when authorities say so. This is household guidance, not adopted WUI construction code.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"ready-gov-wildfire-and-the-house","title":"Ready.gov wildfire and the house","url":"/guides/ready-gov-wildfire-and-the-house/"},"source":{"title":"Wildfires","url":"https://www.ready.gov/wildfires","publisher":"Ready.gov / U.S. Department of Homeland Security","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:usfa-home-ignition-zones:1","anchor":"local-us-usfa-home-ignition-zones-1","place":"United States (USFA three home-ignition zones)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"USFA’s 16 December 2024 article says residents can change wildfire outcomes with simple, often low-cost work on the home and landscape. Immediate zone is the home and 0 to 5 feet: clean roofs and gutters, repair missing shingles or tiles, move mulch, flammable plants, leaves, needles, and firewood off exterior walls. Intermediate is 5 to 30 feet: mow lawns and native grasses to four inches, remove ladder fuels, prune trees 6 to 10 feet from the ground. Extended is 30 to 100 feet: clean ground litter, remove dead plants and trees, clear plants and trees from around sheds and out-buildings.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"usfa-home-ignition-zones","title":"USFA home ignition zones","url":"/guides/usfa-home-ignition-zones/"},"source":{"title":"Doing the Little Things Makes a Difference in Wildfire Safety","url":"https://www.usfa.fema.gov/blog/doing-the-little-things-makes-a-difference-in-wildfire-safety/","publisher":"U.S. Fire Administration","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2024-12-16T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west:2","anchor":"local-us-usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west-2","place":"United States (NASF FY2021 Communities At Risk)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"NASF’s FY2021 Communities At Risk report counts 63,661 CAR nationwide. 19,268 (30.3%) were covered by a CWPP or equivalent. 3,267 (5.1%) met NASF’s reduced-risk test (Firewise-or-equivalent, a mitigation ordinance, or high-priority fuels work in a CWPP). By NASF region that year the CAR counts were Northeast-Midwest 10,826, South 43,771, and West 9,064.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west","title":"WUI is not only the West","url":"/guides/usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west/"},"source":{"title":"Communities At Risk, Fiscal Year 2021","url":"https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NASF-2021-Communities-At-Risk-Report.pdf","publisher":"National Association of State Foresters","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west:1","anchor":"local-us-usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west-1","place":"United States (USFA WUI community count)","placeId":"us","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"USFA’s WUI page, opened 26 August 2026, states that WUI fires are not only a western-state problem and that more than 60,000 communities in the United States are at risk, citing a National Association of State Foresters PDF. The page names brush, grass, forest, and other outdoor fires as the calls fire departments already run.","asOf":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west","title":"WUI is not only the West","url":"/guides/usfa-wui-is-not-only-the-west/"},"source":{"title":"Wildfire and the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)","url":"https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/","publisher":"U.S. Fire Administration","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}}],"elsewhereInState":[{"id":"guide:no-national-wui-construction-code:4","anchor":"local-us-nm-no-national-wui-construction-code-4","place":"New Mexico (statewide IBC/IRC, not IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"14.7.2 NMAC adopts the 2021 IBC as the New Mexico Commercial Building Code, while 14.7.3 NMAC supplies the residential book. Those statewide rules do not adopt IWUIC. A national model therefore does not bind a New Mexico house by itself; any local WUI authority and its amendments must be identified separately.","asOf":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"no-national-wui-construction-code","title":"No national WUI construction code","url":"/guides/no-national-wui-construction-code/"},"source":{"title":"14.7.2 NMAC 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code","url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title14/14.007.0002.html","publisher":"New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:deleting-iwuic-chapter-5:2","anchor":"local-us-nm-deleting-iwuic-chapter-5-2","place":"New Mexico statewide (IBC/IRC, no IWUIC)","placeId":"us-nm","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"exact","scopeRef":null,"claim":"14.7.2 and 14.7.3 NMAC establish New Mexico's statewide 2021 IBC and IRC construction books; they do not adopt IWUIC. Santa Fe County's Section 9.H deletion belongs to its separate unincorporated-county overlay. 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