space
Home | Search the Database | Display Index | Contact Us | Database Login
The national database of state and local wildfire hazard mitigation programs serves as a clearinghouse of information about nonfederal policies and programs that seek to reduce the risk of loss of life and property through the reduction of hazardous fuels on private lands. If you would like to submit a program to the national wildfire programs database, please complete the following form (MS Word).
Return to your search results or Perform a new search
Title: Montana - Statewide Risk Assessment, Mapping and Fuel Reduction Programs
Type: Regulatory
Fuelbreaks
Designation of high risk areas
Jurisdiction: State
State: Montana
Program Description: PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Montana's program for reducing fire hazard in the Wildland Urban Interface includes:

  1. Fire Protection Guidelines for Wildland Residential Interface Development (see Montana Guidelines entry on this website);


  2. Local homeowner assistance in assessing wildfire risk;


  3. Homeowner assistance with clearing excess fuels, and creating defensible space;


  4. Public Education to reduce human-caused wildfire through Keep Montana Green;


  5. Happy Valley Risk Reduction Project -- a demonstration project for fuel reduction alternatives (see Happy Valley entry on this website.)


Montana coordinates fire prevention activities with Idaho and North Dakota through the Northern Rockies Coordinating Group.

RISK ASSESSMENT & MAPPING

The Montana Department of Natural Resources has completed mapping all subdivisions in the state, and rating them for fire hazard at the subdivision, not individual home, level. Fire Prevention planning is aimed at high risk and extreme high risk areas. Homeowners in every county of Montana are eligible for a free individual home wildfire risk assessment, provided by the Department of Natural Resources, and funded by the National Fire Plan.

Montana created a Fire Risk Rating system in 1993, which it has used to evaluate risk throughout the state. The assessment is Montana's own form, based on NFPA 299, and conducted by DNRC or Fire Department personnel or a private contractor. (Assessment forms can be downloaded from Keep Montana Green. Following the assessment, homeowners are referred to private contractors for fuel reduction work, and would pay their own costs. Parcels of ten acres or more are eligible for vegetation modification assistance through Service Forestry. Contact Chris Tootell at (406)542-4303.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Keep Montana Green is a membership organization which provides public education to reduce wildfire risk, including maintaining a website with information on firesafe landscaping, how to reduce wildfire risk indoors and outdoors, and what to do in case of wildfire. Keep Montana Green has a fire prevention van which they use at fairs and parades and other public events, to reach the public.

RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES

The Montana Fire Protection Guidelines for Wildland Residential Interface Development were developed in 1993 in response to House Joint Resolution 36 of 1991, which called for minimum planning criteria for residential development in the Wildland Residential Interface. The guidelines were created as voluntary, but are recommended to be adopted by local government units. Language from the Guidelines has been adopted by many counties including Flathead, Missoula, Gallatin, Lewis & Clark, and Fergus counties. The Guidelines contain recommendations for vegetation management around homes and roadways, specification of road widths for emergency vehicle access, recommendations for fuel breaks around subdivisions, discussion of water storage and supply needs for fire fighting, roof and building construction specifications, recommendations for road signs, and utilities. For the sample regulations dealing wth vegetation management, see the entry Montana Fire Protection Guidelines for Wildland/Residential Interface Development, on this website.

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, contact Mike Kopitzke via his email address, or by phone 406-542-4250.
Sponsored by the USDA Forest Service / Southern Research Station
  1. Pengeluaran SDY
  2. https://ifa2020.org/
  3. https://www.hopepartnershipforeducation.org/
  4. https://www.bencomo.org/
  5. https://rvic.org/
  6. https://ladiosabuenosaires.com/
  7. DATA SGP
  8. https://www.bathconsultancygroup.com/
  9. https://climateinternational.org/
  10. https://www.tadmc.org/
  11. https://www.innvision.org/
  12. KELUARAN HK
  13. https://www.eccsit.org/
  14. KELUARAN HK
  15. https://www.la-boissaude.com/
  16. https://www.runnertriathletenews.com/
  17. https://www.lesfilmsbiographiques.com/
  18. DATA SDY
  19. https://www.shepherdoftheridge.org/
  20. https://www.musindioufu.org/
  21. Togel Hongkong
  22. https://everstribute.org/
  23. https://cosac-ndt.com/
  24. https://www.ederna.com/
  25. https://civicinnovationni.org/
  26. https://www.prattkan.com/
  27. KELUARAN SGP
  28. https://www.paganconference.com/
  29. https://francejpo.com/
  30. https://elk-mountain.com/
  31. https://www.globalteachinginsights.org/
  32. https://hwsevents.com/
  33. https://www.wildfireprograms.com/
  34. TOGEL HARI INI
  35. https://www.basharesearch.com/
  36. https://casori.org/
  37. https://www.tvemf.org/
  38. https://greatrough.com/
  39. https://www.nuitsdesarenes.com/
  40. https://www.tgssa.org/
  41. https://escapadesetflaneries.com/
  42. https://www.austenquotes.com/
  43. https://www.pahcs.com/
  44. https://www.galileoenrichment.com/