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 April
28 May 16: Lewistown ; Sapphire Room, Yogo InnAgenda May 30: Miles City ; Room 106, Miles Community CollegeJune 19: Seeley Lake June 19: Thompson Falls ; Thompson Falls High School gymnasiumJune 20: Libby Materials and
committee recommendations to review prior to participating in public hearings Meeting Schedule
Interim
Work Plan and Full Meeting Schedule - adopted Nov. 26
February 15, 2008; Helena, Room 137, Capitol building - WUI
Subcommittee a.m.; Infrastructure Subcommittee p.m.Agenda WUI
Subcommittee Infrastructure
Subcommittee Listen Meeting Materials January 11, 2008; Helena, Room 152, Capitol building Agenda WUI
Subcommittee Infrastructure
Subcommittee Part
1 and Part
2 November 26, 2007; Helena; Montana Association of Counties
conference room, 2715 Skyway Dr. Agenda Minutes October 29, 2007; Helena; Room 137, Capitol buildingAgenda Listen
Minutes
Assigned Studies
HB
1 (September 2007 Special Session)
Publications
Staff Reports Jan.
11, 2008 Memo Rep. Wilson re: Statutes and Programs related to WUIProposed Legislation
Subcommittees
Subcommittee
assignments
Maps
Maps provided by DNRCLarge
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 CenterDepartment 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 EconomicsNational Firewise Communities Program 2007
Statewide Annual Operating Plan : Montana DNRC, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
U.S. Department of InteriorMontana
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 StaffBarb Smith , Fiscal AnalystTodd Everts , AttorneyDawn Field , SecretaryLegislative Services Division
