Gallatin County Emergency Management

Preparing Our Community

Serving Belgrade, Big Sky, Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks, West Yellowstone & Unincorporated Gallatin County.

Gallatin County Emergency Management

Current Information

County Regulated Open Burning Closed

Gallatin County regulated Burn Permits through the County’s Fire Control Ordinance is closed as of December 1, 2022.  County Regulated open burning will reopen on March 1, 2023 with the 2023 Burn Permits available for purchase after the first of the year.

Other Burning Options

There are other sections of the Montana Code Annotated that allow other agencies to authorize burning during the winter months.  The most prevalent utilized by private land owners is the Montana DEQ’s Winter Burning program.  Based on air quality, DEQ can authorize individuals to conduct winter burning after they have also activated a Gallatin County DEQ Winter Burning permit (this notifies local agencies that you are burning).  Learn about DEQ Winter Burning at https://deq.mt.gov/air/Programs/burning.

The DEQ also allows large government land management agencies to burn as Major Burners.  Companies or individuals conducting a logging operation can also conduct burning under their Hazard Reduction Agreement with DNRC.

22 Agencies Participate in Rescue Task Force Training

Bozeman, MT – 22 local, state and federal agencies jointly participated in training Wednesday afternoon on utilization of Rescue Task Force’s during an active killer incident.  Emergency Responders conducted a 6 hour training session, utilizing a system known as Rescue Task Forces, on the quick insertion of medically trained personnel into unsecured situations to rapidly treat and extract injured people.  Agencies in Gallatin County began implementing this program several years ago and are committed to not only stopping an aggressor during an active killer incident, but also rapidly caring for those who have been injured.  This training session greatly solidified and enhanced our community’s joint response capacity to these situations across all agencies and disciplines.

Participating Agencies:

  • Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office
  • Bozeman Police Department
  • Montana State University Police Department
  • Belgrade Police Department
  • Bozeman Yellowstone Airport Authority Police
  • Montana Highway Patrol
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Game Wardens
  • US Marshal’s Service
  • US Forest Service Law Enforcement
  • Gallatin County Emergency Management
  • Bozeman Fire Department
  • Central Valley Fire District
  • Hyalite Fire Department
  • Gallatin Gateway Fire District
  • Bridger Canyon Fire District
  • Fort Ellis Fire Service Area
  • Amsterdam Fire District
  • Big Sky Fire Department
  • Hebgen Basin Fire District
  • Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital
  • American Medical Response
  • Gallatin County 911

Preparedness

Emergency Community Notifications

Emergency Community Notifications

Emergency officials ability to quickly and accurately distribute emergency information to those affected is critical for our community.  This is...

SPRING FLOODING – IT’S ALMOST THAT TIME

SPRING FLOODING – IT’S ALMOST THAT TIME

As Gallatin County moves closer to spring, the risk of spring flooding increases.  While we can not predict if Gallatin...

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Articles

Emergency Community Notifications

Emergency Community Notifications

Emergency officials ability to quickly and accurately distribute emergency information to those affected is critical for our community.  This is...

SPRING FLOODING – IT’S ALMOST THAT TIME

SPRING FLOODING – IT’S ALMOST THAT TIME

As Gallatin County moves closer to spring, the risk of spring flooding increases.  While we can not predict if Gallatin...

Hazard Mitigation and Community Wildfire Protection Plan Adopted

Hazard Mitigation and Community Wildfire Protection Plan Adopted

After many delays the update of the County’s 2012 Hazard Mitigation Plan and the 2006 Community Wildfire Protection Plan into...

Spring Flooding – It’s Almost That Time

Spring Flooding – It’s Almost That Time

As Gallatin County moves closer to spring, the risk of spring flooding increases.  While we can not predict if Gallatin...

Time to Practice!

Time to Practice!

Family Emergency Plan

Family Emergency Plan

Being prepared doesn’t need to be hard! Will you receive direct notifications from emergency officials?  Often once of the more...

60th Anniversary of Hebgen Lake Earthquake – 8/17/2019

60th Anniversary of Hebgen Lake Earthquake – 8/17/2019

60 years since the 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake: its history and effects on the Yellowstone region Release Date: AUGUST 5,...

Utilizing Sandbags

Utilizing Sandbags

Utilizing sandbags for flooding events can be a very effective tool in preventing damage to property.  However, like any flood...

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