
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:
Eric Leigh, Lincoln County Environmental Health - Phone: (406) 283-2441
Next Council Meeting:
(Thursday)
9:00am - 11:30 am
Minutes
FY 2017 Title III Accomplishments
2018 Proposed FireWise (Title III) Program
Contact List
Lincoln County
Firesafe Members
Ed Levert
Lincoln Co. forester
televert@kvis.net
Montana DNRC
dturman@mt.gov
Tim Bumgarner
USFS Fire Planner, Libby
tbumgarner@fs.fed.us
Mark Peck
Lincoln Co. Commissioner
mpeck@libby.org
Steve Lauer
Assistant Chief
Libby RFD
stevelauer@hotmail.com
Dawain Bugess
Trego-Fortine-Stryker
tfsvfd@interbel.net
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