Lewis & Clark Forest Closures
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Lewis and Clark National Forest
1101 15th Street North
Great Falls, MT 59401 or
PO Box 869
Great Falls, MT 59403
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Wildland Fire Called In
Spring Flooding
Flood Warnings are in effect through Tuesday morning for the counties of Blaine, Chouteau, Cascade, Fergus, Judith Basin, and Meagher.
A Flood Watch is in effect for all other counties with the exception of Gallatin County where a small stream flood advisory is in effect. The Flood Watch will be in effect until further notice. The small stream flood advisory is in effect until at least Monday evening.
Common Operating Picture
The common operating picture is being developed as a place to go for all individuals to go and get all the information we have about an incident. If you look at the bottom of this page you will find attached files. The one named Meagher County we have added the named road, private drives, structures, ownership and commissioner districts. RAPMF is the layer which contains the lay out for the concert coming to White Sulphur Springs on the end of July. Flooding is a layer which contains road closures, road damage and photos of the flooding.
EOP REVIEW
reviewed the Emergency Operations Plan, E.O.P. Meagher County received a $15,000 grant to update this plan which was to be completed in March, we just received an extension to July. This grant is a 100% grant, anything Meagher County spends for this review and update will be refunded to Meagher County.Mega Loads
Spring Flooding
Watch for spring flooding. If you are traveling check the route before you leave, we are seeing some closures happening from time to time.
If you see any flooding in Meagher County or property damage from flooding, please report to Meagher County DES Coord. Rick Seidlitz 406 547-4290 rick@meaghercounty.org or to Meagher County 911 at 406 547-3397
Below is the attached Situation Report for the state
Meagher County Fire Calls
Meagher County Fire Department hasn’t seen any Wildland Fire Activity in the last thirty days but we have had some interesting calls. As the volunteers were coming back from the Grassy Mountain Fire training on the 17th of July, they were called to the Airport for fuel leaking from the wing of a King Air airplane. Local aviator Bill Galt was called for assistance. Bill and an aircraft mechanic, who was with him, were able to stop the le
Grassy Mountain Fire Training
On July 17th the Meagher County Fire Department conducted fire training at the Grassy Mountain Lodge, with Grassy Mountain Fire. Participants invited to the training were Meagher County Fire, Grassy Mountain Fire, Lewis & Clark Forest, Helena Forest and Broadwater County Fire. The idea for the training was to further advance the training level of the new fire personnel at Grassy Mountain. The training was also an opportunity to bring together all the fire entities that
