Community Engagement Site
Gallatin County and the cities of Belgrade, Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks and West Yellowstone are updating the Hazard Mitigation Plan and Community Wildfire Protection Plan beginning July 1, 2017. Both of these documents are critical that we successfully collaborate with our community during their development. This page is intended to provide a one stop shop for information about this process.
Background
The Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000 created the authority for a risk based approach towards reducing hazards. The Act also requires states, counties and cities to have a FEMA approved mitigation plan (every 5 years) in order to be eligible for non-emergency federal assistance. There are several programs that this applies to, but generally these are the programs that address repetitive loss issues, building retrofits, waterway projects to address flooding, emergency power and many more. These programs are often available to jurisdictions on an annual basis and following presidential declared incidents.
During the planning process the participants will identify the hazards present in our community, provide those identified hazards a relative ranking and identify potential projects that can minimize the impact of the identified hazards. Identifying projects doesn’t automatically mean they will be conducted, but rather identifies them as potential options. Federal mitigation funding can only be utilized for identified projects.
Community Wildfire Protection Plans are similar while focusing of wildfire risk and how it can be mitigated. They were created by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act in 2003 that largely focuses on reducing catastrophic wildfires. Because of the similarities, we intent to combine the two plans into a single document during this revision. An important component that will come out of the the CWPP portion is an update to our wildland urban interface boundary. This boundary has impacts on the land owners in it and the adjacent land management agencies.
2012 Hazard Summary
How You Can Participate
Fill out our online form and we’ll let you know when events are occurring.
Orientation Meetings
The first round of community meetings will be in fall of 2017. Details will be listed here once they are setup.
| Community | Date &Time | Location | More Info |
| Belgrade | Tuesday, October 17 2:00 pm |
Central Valley Fire District 205 East Main, Belgrade |
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| Bozeman | Tuesday, October 24 7:00 pm |
Bozeman Fire Station 3 1705 Vaquero, Bozeman |
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| Manhattan & Amsterdam | Tuesday, October 17 11:00 am |
Gallatin Conservation District 120 North 5th, Manhattan |
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| Three Forks, Willow Creek & Clarkston | Tuesday, October 17 9:00 am |
Three Forks Fire Station
13 East Date, Three Forks |
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| West Yellowstone | Thursday, October 12 9:30 am |
West Yellowstone City Hall 440 Yellowstone, West Yellowstone |
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| Big Sky | Thursday, October 12 1:30 pm |
Big Sky Water and Sewer 561 Little Coyote Rd, Big Sky |
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| Gallatin Gateway | Thursday, October 12 4:00 pm |
Gallatin Gateway Fire Station 320 Webb, Gallatin Gateway |
| Community | Date & Time | Location | More Info |
| Belgrade | February 9, 2018 8:30-12:00 |
Central Valley Fire District Training Center 205 East Main, Belgrade |
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| Bozeman | February 7, 2018 8:30-12:00 |
Gallatin County Coordination Center 219 East Tamarack, Bozeman |
Available Virtually here |
| Three Forks | February 6, 2018 1:00-4:30 |
Three Forks Ambulance Station 2 East Hickory, Three Forks |
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| West Yellowstone | February 8, 2018 8:00-11:30 |
West Yellowstone City Hall 440 Yellowstone Avenue, West Yellowstone |
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| Big Sky | February 8, 2018 1:30-5:00 |
Big Sky Water and Sewer 561 Little Coyote, Big Sky |
Work Session Handouts
Draft Hazard Ranking
The following hazard scoring is a draft compiled during the 5 February work sessions. These rankings will likely be adjusted to account for category & scoring differences between the different meetings in order to make a combined county wide ranking of risks.
| Name | Size | Version |
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| Copy Of Gallatin CO HMP Sign In | 0.1 MB |
Final Review Session
Final Review Session:
January 22, 2018
1:00 PM
Gallatin County Coordination Center
219 East Tamarack
Bozeman, MT
Virtually at: Please contact Emergency Management for login information
Wildland Urban Interface Modelling Webinar:
November 27, 2018
1:00 PM
Please contact Emergency Management for login information
Planning Documents
Reference Documents
Hazard Mitigation Plans
Community Wildfire Protection Plans
- National Association of State Foresters CWPP Briefing Paper
- Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a CWPP
- Healthy Forest Restoration Act
- CWPP Handbook
- International Association of Fire Chiefs CWPP Leaders Guide
- International Association of Fire Chiefs CWPP Leaders Guide Supplement
Jurisdictional Commitments
Existing Plans
Draft Products
Final Draft Combined Documents
7/5/19 Final Hazard Mitigation & CWPP Plan – Submitted
6/5/19 Final Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan & CWPP (low Resolution 12 Mb)
6/5/19 Final Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan & CWPP (High Resolution 101 Mb)
Wildland Urban Interface Map (22 Mb)
Wildfire Mapping
The images of the draft wildfire models below link to online interactive maps of the products. Select either the WUI Modeling or Wildfire Risk to view them.
Draft Wildland Urban Interface Modeling
Draft Wildfire Risk Modeling
Hazard Mitigation Plan
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
2006 Wildland Urban Interface Boundary
Contacts
Mike Rotar, Project Manager
406-284-2527
mike.rotar@respec.com
Patrick Lonergan
406-582-2395
patrick@www.readygallatin.com