Gallatin County Emergency Management
Proudly providing service to Belgrade, Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks, West Yellowstone, Big Sky portion of Madison County and unincorporated Gallatin County.
Our Mission
Gallatin County Emergency Management’s mission is protecting lives, property, and the environment from natural and man-made disasters through mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities.
Guiding Principles
- Maintain and grow collaborative Emergency Management, Wildfire, Hazardous Materials and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Programs.
- Maintain a resilient government to continue services to the community in times of need.
- Support our community’s all hazard response capabilities through rapid deployment to support local partners and our neighbors.
For Residents
Learn more about your community and how you and your family can be better prepared.
For Visitors
Learn about what you need to know while visiting us.
For Gov’t
Learn more about the system in place for how we support our community in bad times.
Emergency Notifications
Learn about how we communicate emergency information and your role in helping us reach you!
Regulated Open Burning
Learn about open burning regulations, how to obtain your burn permits and current open burning status.
Here’s What’s New!
- Emergency Notifications
Emergency Notifications are critical for everyone, but most people don’t think about them until an incident is directly affecting them! Gallatin County utilizes multiple types and approaches to emergency notifications to give the best penetration into our communities and their varied connectivity and preferences. However, to ensure the highest level of certainty you’ll receive a… - Hazard Mitigation and Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Every 5 years Gallatin County updates our Hazard Mitigation and Community Wildfire Protection Plan to maintain currency. We started that process in Fall 2024 and expect to complete it at the end of calendar year 2025. Learn more at: https://www.readygallatin.com/2024Update/. - Emergency Notifications
Get Registered Today! Sending emergency notifications is a complex topic for emergency officials, and not a topic we take lightly.ย Below we’ll talk about some of the available tools, the benefits and challenges of each, and what you can do to ensure you receive emergency information. The first challenge is determining if an incident is…
Learn about what’s going on from news articles
- Northern Gallatin County Community Notification Test
We are testing Gallatin County’s Community Notification System in Northern Gallatin County. Community Members enrolling in the Gallatin County Community Notification System is one of the best tools we have to ensure individuals are accurately and promptly notified about incidents… - Community Notification Test – Big Sky
We are testing Gallatin County’s Community Notification System in Big Sky. Community Members enrolling in the Gallatin County Community Notification System is one of the best tools we have to ensure individuals are accurately and promptly notified about incidents affecting… - Emergency NotificationsEmergency Notifications are critical for everyone, but most people don’t think about them until an incident is directly affecting them! Gallatin County utilizes multiple types and approaches to emergency notifications to give the best penetration into our communities and their…