Last update: July 21, 2022

Overview

This polygon data was created to represent fire response areas in Utah for the Next-Generation 911 system (NG911). It depicts the primary fire response agency for a given location in Utah and was compiled from a variety of data sources. The response areas represent career and volunteer fire departments at a variety of levels including local, municipal, county, state, and federal agencies, as well as a few private or industrial organizations. The data was built from computer-aided dispatch (CAD) data within the state, tax entities, municipal boundaries, county boundaries, land ownership, inputs from Utah Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL), and other datasets.

Field Descriptions

Most of the fields are based on the National Emergency Number Association's (NENA) Standard for NG911 GIS Data Model. An additional Fire Department ID (FDID) field was added to assist with cost recovery and federal funding processes. The FDIDs were added to the data after the most recent lists from the Utah State Fire Marshal and US Fire Administration were cross-referenced and combined into a single list.

More information can be found on the UGRC data page for this layer:

https://gis.utah.gov/data/society/public-safety/