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Billings
Billings Interagency Dispatch Center
- Service First Agencies: BLM Billings Field Office and Montana/Dakotas State Office, and FS Custer National Forest, Beartooth Ranger District.
- Additional Participating Organizations:Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Southern Lands Office, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Rocky Mountain Regional Office.
- Activities: Collocation; Fire and Dispatch.
- Contact: 888-256-3473
Bozeman
Gallatin National Forest Dispatch Center
- Service First Agencies: NPS Yellowstone National Park and FS Gallatin National Forest.
- Activities: Collocation; Fire and Dispatch.
- Contact: John Cataldo, 307-344-2182
Deer Lodge
Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- Service First Agencies: NPS Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site and FS Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
- Activities: Collocation; Shared use of facilities; Shared services to inform the public about outdoor recreation and educational experiences, and conserving resources responsibly.
- Contact: Anita Dore, 406-846-2070
Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site - Forest Service Fire Management
- Service First Agencies: NPS Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Glacier National Park and Big Hole National Battlefield and FS Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
- Additional Partipating Organizations: State of Montana
- Activities: Collocation; Fire Management.
- Contact:
- Jason Smith, 406-846-3659
- Dave Soleim, 406-888-5803
Dillon
Dillon Interagency Dispatch Center
- Service First Agencies: BLM Dillon Field Office, NPS Big Hold National Battlefield and Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, FWS Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and FS Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
- Additional Participating Organizations: Beaverhead County, Bannack State Park, Bureau of Reclamation Montana Area Office, Madison County, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Central Land Offices.
- Activities:Collocation; Fire and Dispatch.
- Contact: 406-683-3975
Great Falls
Great Falls Field Office
- Service First Agencies: BLM Central Montana District and FS Lewis and Clark National Forest.
- Activities: Collocation.
- Contacts:
- Don Judice, Field Manager, 406-791-7789
- Joe Garza, BLM District Budget Analyst, 406-791-7778
- Additional Information: This collocated office has 14-15 BLM employees and approximately 45 FS employees. There is some co-mingling, but offices are mostly divided between the two agencies (about 25% BLM and 75% FS). There are local MOUs under Service First authority at this location, but no money changes hands in the form of Interagency Agreements.
Great Falls Interagency Dispatch Center
- Service First Agencies: FWS Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge and FS Lewis and Clark National Forest.
- Additional Participating Organizations: BIA Rocky Mountain Regional Office, Blackfeet Agency, Fort Belknap Agency, and Rocky Boy's Agency and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
- Activities: Collocation; Fire and Dispatch.
- Contact: 406-731-5300
Hungry Horse
Hungry Horse Ranger District
- Service First Agencies: NPS Glacier National Park and FS Flathead National Forest.
- Activities: Collocation; Data Collection of the Comprehensive River Management Plan/EIS for the Flathead Wild and Scenic River system.
- Contact: Mary Riddle, 406-888-7898
Miles City
Miles City Interagency Dispatch Center
- Service First Agencies: BLM Eastern Montana Dakotas District, FWS Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge and FS Custer National Forest.
- Additional Participating Organizations: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC).
- Activities: Collocation; Fire and Dispatch; Shared resources.
- Contact: 406-233-2903
- Additional Information: The Miles City Interagency Dispatch Center is an initial attack dispatch center serving the Eastern Montana Dakotas Fire Zone and has fire stations located in Miles City, Jordan, Fort Howes, Ekalaka, and Camp Crook, South Dakota. The dispatch center is staffed with BLM and DNRC personnel.
Missoula
Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
- Service First Agencies: BLM, FWS, NPS and FS.
- Activities: We are national and international leaders in the development and implementation of wilderness training, information, and education programs. Our mission is to preserve the values and benefits of wilderness for present and future generations by connecting agency employees and the public with their wilderness heritage through training, information, and education.
- Contacts:
- Connie G. Myers, Director, 406-243-4682
- Elaine Poser, Administrative Specialist, 406-243-4644
Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
James E. Todd Building
Missoula, MT 59812-3168
406-243-4682
Missoula Field Office
- Service First Agencies: BLM Western Montana District and FS Lolo National Forest.
- Activities: Collocation; Shared resources.
- Contacts:
- Rich Torquemada, Field Manager, 406-329-3914
- Chuck Bridgeman, Assistant Field Manager, 406-329-3914
- Additional Information: The FS and BLM share the same campus, not the same building, with the exceptin of the BLM and FS fire crews and engines that are housed in the same building. 20 FS seasonal fire employees serve at this location with permanent BLM fire employees. The FS seasonal fire fighters work a about 6-8 months a year. Only a few money transfers occur in Missoula; a key one is for janitorial contracts (i.e. FS pays BLM for building maintenance). Two Forest Service employees are paid by the BLM to do their cutting, also. Both BLM and FS fire workers share resources and there are many examples of interagency cooperation. The BLM employees view the FS fire workers as "part of the team," and the Field Manager, with BLM money, has purchased lockers for FS fire employees to store their equipment.
Missoula Interagency Dispatch Center
- Activities:Collocation; Fire and Dispatch.
- Contact: 406-829-7070