Collaborating with Firesafe Flathead to Keep Our Community Educated on Wildfire Safety
FFRG Sponsors Wildfire Seminars to help teach the community vital strategies for wildfire prevention, preparedness, and response.Living With Wildfire Seminar 2024
Key Takeaways from the Wildfire Seminar:
Whitefish faces a higher wildfire likelihood than 90% of US communities.
Living inside the wildland-urban interface (WUI), it’s important for us to become more fire-wise.
Prepare Now for Wildfire
Take steps to make your home wild-fire resilient. Have an evacuation plan ready in case of emergency.
Climate and Weather Matter Most
A wet summer spared us this year, but next year could be different. Uncontrollable factors like temperature, precipitation and wind shape wildfire seasons.
Is Your Home Still Insurable?
With rising premiums and increasing wildfire risks, is your home insurable? Learn how slope, fuel density, and access affect your coverage.
Determine Your Wildfire Risk.
The first step in preparing your home, family, and property for a wildfire is to assess your wildfire risk. And at Flathead Families for Responsible Growth, we know how important it is to keep your loved ones and property safe. That’s why we’re here to provide you with valuable resources from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to assist you in this crucial task.
- WILDFIRE RISK PORTAL: Explore the Wildfire Risk Portal, an interactive tool designed to help homeowners understand and reduce their wildfire risk. By entering your property information, you’ll receive a comprehensive risk report. After submitting your information, you’ll have the option to schedule a free site visit by a local wildfire professional.
Start Here
- FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY: Firesafe Flathead unites individuals, neighborhoods, businesses, and wildfire professionals to create fire-adapted communities. We provide leadership, technical assistance, education, and resources to enhance wildfire preparedness and resilience. Learn More
Prepare Your Property.
Homeowners are responsible for preparing their property for wildfire. If your home is in or close to the natural vegetation of Montana’s grasslands, foothills, or mountains, you are living in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Although no home in Montana is immune to wildfire, homes located in the WUI are inherently at greater risk. Studies have found as many as 80% of homes lost to wildfires could have been saved had homeowners followed a few simple practices. Begin these efforts by working on your home and continue outwards through your property.
Home Ignition Zone
The exterior materials and design of a home
can greatly impact a home’s potential to ignite during a wildfire. The fuels present in the surrounding yard and property also contribute to the home’s wildfire risk. We call the home and its immediate surroundings, out to 200 feet, the Home Ignition Zone.
Download the Wildfire Evaculation Checklist
- GO BAG ESSENTIALS
- WHAT TO WEAR
- HOW TO PREPARE VEHICLE
- PREPARING FAMILY MEMBERS
- PREPARING PETS
- PREPARING LIVESTOCK & HORSES
- INSIDE THE HOME
- OUTSIDE THE HOME
Lodgepole Pine and Fire
Learn about this and more with Richard Hildner as he connects with John Hendricks and Robin Mitchell during the KGEZ Good Morning Show’s Glacier Bank Community Conversation.
Listen to their conversation and remarks on the Living With Wildfire forum from Tuesday, June 28, 2023