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Commissioners approve cooperative agreement with DNRC for wildland-fire response
Summary
The board voted to sign a county cooperative agreement with the state DNRC to satisfy Montana Code requirements and secure training, equipment sharing and mutual-aid support; the motion passed after a second and a verbal 'Aye'.
Prairie County commissioners voted to sign a county cooperative agreement with the state DNRC intended to meet provisions in the Montana Code and formalize shared wildfire response resources. Speaker 1 moved to sign the agreement and Speaker 4 seconded; the board verbally recorded an "Aye" and the chair stated the motion carried.
During the discussion, the visiting official described the core benefits of the agreement: training for local firefighters, access to DNRC co-op engines and hybrid apparatus, and a process for coordinating state and interagency equipment. The presenter said, "this is where you get the DNRC engines or the hybrid stuff" and reiterated that once signed the county would route the document to Helena for final processing. Commissioners discussed signature logistics: commissioners sign the agreement and Dwight signs as the county fire warden.
