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Fire Suppression Interim Committee

HB 1, enacted during the September special legislative session, created the Fire Suppression Committee and assigned it to study various aspects of wildland fire, including suppression costs and resources and state and federal management policies. As required in HB 1, the Committee will hold meetings in Miles City, Libby, Thompson Falls, Lewistown, and Hamilton, as well as in Helena.

Membership

Sign up for electronic notices of Committee meetings

The Committee welcomes your comments: Submit them online here, by mail, or by email.
Memo from the committee requesting public input, December 2007

Statewide Hearing Schedule and Documents

April 28-29: Hamilton; Bitterroot River Inn, Tammany Conference Room
Agenda
Topics for discussion during Agency Q & A portion of agenda
Meeting Materials
Listen : April 28

May 16: Lewistown; Sapphire Room, Yogo Inn
Agenda
Listen

May 30: Miles City; Room 106, Miles Community College
Agenda

June 19: Seeley Lake; Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
Agenda
Listen
Minutes

June 19: Thompson Falls; Thompson Falls High School gymnasium
Agenda
Listen
Minutes

June 20: Libby; Little Theater, School District Central Administration Building
Agenda

Listen
Minutes


Materials and committee recommendations to review prior to participating in public hearings

Meeting Schedule

Interim Work Plan and Full Meeting Schedule - adopted Nov. 26

Assigned Studies

HB 1 (September 2007 Special Session)

Publications

Staff Reports
Jan. 11, 2008 Memo Rep. Wilson re: Statutes and Programs related to WUI

Proposed Legislation

Subcommittees

Subcommittee assignments

Maps

Maps provided by DNRC

Wildfire Activity, 2007

Large Fires, 2000-2007
Wildland-Urban Interface
Wildland Fire Protection by Agency

Other Wildfire-related Resources

Appropriate Management Response, Northern Rockies 2007 - Initial Impressions Report by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

Western Governors' Association - Forest Health and Wildfire Resolutions, Initiatives, Strategies


Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Fire and Aviation Management Bureau (Fire season information, statistics, costs, National Fire Plan, fire suppression information, publications)

Healthy Forests and Rangelands - U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture (National Fire Plan, Healthy Forests Initiative, other national fire information)

Wildland-Urban Interface Analysis by Headwaters Economics

National Firewise Communities Program

2007 Statewide Annual Operating Plan: Montana DNRC, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior

Montana Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement ("Six Party Agreement")

Northern Rockies Coordinating Group


FireSafe Montana: an organization to provide locally led conservation and fire management programs and services

How to Contact Us

Leanne Heisel, Lead Staff
Barb Smith, Fiscal Analyst
Todd Everts, Attorney
Dawn Field, Secretary
Legislative Services Division
PO Box 201706
Helena, MT 59620-1706
Phone (406)444-3064
FAX: (406)444-3036

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