Mission
To preserve and enhance Montana’s natural and manmade resources by mobilizing all Montanans to make their homes, neighborhoods, and communities fire safe. Lincoln County FireSafe Council is a nonprofit group that is here to help citizens of the county prepare for a wildfire.Objectives
- Provide leadership for and coordinate voluntary FireSafe activities in Lincoln County.
- Provide technical assistance, information, resource materials, and other help to landowners and other concerned citizens to help them assess their risks from wildfire, increase preparedness, and reduce risks where possible.
- Encourage and facilitate homeowners', homeowner's associations, and others' voluntary participation in developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating FireSafe programs and activities.
- Provide representation from Lincoln County to FireSafe Montana, a non-profit organization which serves as a bridge between local FireSafe Councils around the state and the regional and national interests and policy makers whose activities affect the successful implementation of those Councils' wildfire mitigation activities.
- Update, revise and help implement the Lincoln County CWPP
- Work and collaborate with local, state, and federal agencies (Local fire departments, DNRC, USFS, and Flathead Economic Policy Center) on projects of mutual interest.
- Encourage students in the county to take an active part in the Lincoln County FireSafe Council.
- Provide the leadership for FireWise education in the county.
Visit the FireSafe Council page for upcoming meetings, agendas, and to read the minutes of previous council meetings.
Contact:
Jennifer Nelson, Lincoln County Forester - Phone: (406) 283-2322
Next Council Meeting:
Meeting Notes
Lincoln County Subdivison Regulations Lincoln County Community Wildfire Prevention Plan
FY 2017 Title III Accomplishments
2018 Proposed FireWise (Title III) Program
Contact List
Lincoln County
Firesafe Members
Jennifer Nelson
Lincoln Co. forester
jnelson@libby.org
Montana DNRC
dturman@mt.gov
Tim Bumgarner
USFS Fire Planner, Libby
tbumgarner@fs.fed.us
Mark Peck
Lincoln Co. Commissioner
mark.peck@libby.org
Steve Lauer
Assistant Chief
Libby RFD
stevelauer@hotmail.com
Isaiah Williams
Fire Chief
Trego-Fortine-Stryker
Louis Kuennen
Flathead Economic Policy Center, Libby
blkuennen@gmail.com
Logan Sandman
Montana DNRC
lsandman@mt.gov
Paige Hageness
USFS Fire Prevention, Libby
phageness@fs.fed.us
Trevor Pelling
McCormick RFD Fire Chief
tpellling78@gmail.com
Brent Teske
Lincoln County Emergency Management
lcema@libby.org
Mike Sanders
Upper Yaak Fire Service Area
Fire Chief
upperyaakfirefervice@gmail.com
Jeff Stevenson
USFS Kootenai N.F.
Ass’t Fire Staff
jdstevenson@fs.fed.us