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Fire Season Information


Smoke roils from the Packer Gulch fire on Thursday, July 20, 2006

The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) provides wildland fire service leadership to the State of Montana, and protects the natural resources by preventing and suppressing wildland fires.

Inciweb: InciWeb is an interagency wildland fire incident information management system. The system was developed with two primary missions: The first was to provide a standardized reporting tool for the Public Affairs community during the course of wildland fire incidents. The second was to provide the public a single source of information related to active wildland fire information…

Helena Interagency Dispatch Center: Great resource for Northern Rockies Situation Report and national fire situation reports. The Helena Interagency Dispatch Center is located at the Helena Regional Airport in Helena, Montana. The Helena Interagency Dispatch Center provides incident support to the following interagency partners…

NRCG Closures & Restrictions: Check here when fire restrictions and closures are in effect.

Fire & Smoke Management in Montana: For information on Fire and Smoke Management, Forest Fire Air quality updates

Current Wildfire & Weather Situation: The Northern Rockies Coordination Center (NRCC) is the focal point for coordinating the mobilization of resources for wildland fire and other incidents throughout the Northern Rockies Area.

MODIS USDA Fire Map: A full view of the continental US showing all fires from the Remote Sensing Applications Center.

NOOA Satellite Fire Detection Map: Shows hot spots and smoke plumes over continental USA.

GeoMac Wildland Fire Support: In order to give fire managers near real-time information, fire perimeter data is updated daily based upon input from incident intelligence sources, GPS data, infrared (IR) imagery from fixed wing and satellite platforms…

Map of Classified Forest/Non-Forest Zone for Fire Restriction information (pdf)

Tax Relief and Assistance for Loss Due to Natural Disaster, Including Fires
The Department of Revenue expresses sincere sympathy to those Montanans whose homes, lands and other property have been damaged or destroyed by fires…