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Montana forester outlines county co‑op, direct staffing and revised suppression fund approach
Summary
Wyoming committee heard Montana Deputy State Forester Wyatt Frampton describe Montana’s county cooperative protection program, direct staffing model, and changes to a state fire suppression fund enacted by House Bill 883.
Wyatt Frampton, deputy state forester for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, gave the Joint Appropriations Committee an overview of Montana’s fire protection model and its financing.
Frampton described two primary response models. The county cooperative program is the state’s primary mechanism for protecting most acres: Montana has formal coop agreements with each of its 56 counties under which local governments provide initial attack and the state supplies training, equipment and financial backing when incidents exceed local capacity. Frampton said Montana’s co‑op supports more…
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