Section 4902

terms are defined as follows:

CDF DIRECTOR. Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

FIRE PROTECTION PLAN. A document prepared for a specific project or development proposed for a Wildland- Urban Interface Fire Area. It describes ways to minimize and mitigate potential for loss from wildfire exposure.

The Fire Protection Plan shall be in accordance with this Article. When required by the enforcing agency for the pur- poses of granting modifications, a fire protection plan shall be submitted. Only locally adopted ordinances that have been filed with the California Building Standards Commission in accordance with Section 101.14 or the Department of Hous- ing and Community Development in accordance with Section 101.15 shall apply.

FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES. Geographical areas designated pursuant to California Public Resources Codes, Sections 4201 through 4204 and classified as Very High, High, or Moderate in State Responsibility Areas or as Local Agency Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones designated pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 51175 through 51189.

The California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 1280 entitles the maps of these geographical areas as “Maps of the Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the State Responsibility Area of California.”

LOCAL AGENCY VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVER- ITY ZONE. An area designated by a local agency upon the

recommendation of the CDF Director pursuant to Govern- ment Code, Sections 51177(c), 51178 and 5118, that is not a state responsibility area and where a local agency, city, county, city and county, or district is responsible for fire pro- tection.

STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA. Lands that are classi- fied by the Board of Forestry pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 4125 where the financial responsibility of pre- venting and suppressing forest fires is primarily the responsi- bility of the state.

WILDFIRE. Any uncontrolled fire spreading through vege- tative fuels that threatens to destroy life, property, or resources as defined in Public Resources Code, Sections 4103 and 4104.

WILDFIRE EXPOSURE. One or a combination of radiant heat, convective heat, direct flame contact and burning embers being projected by vegetation fire to a structure and its immediate environment.

WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA. A geo- graphical area identified by the state as a “Fire Hazard Severity Zone” in accordance with the Public Resources Code, Sections 4201 through 4204, and Government Code, Sections 51175 through 51189, or other areas designated by the enforcing agency to be at a significant risk from wildfires.