Montana 2012 Wildfire Season Bob Habeck Montana DEQ WESTAR Fall Business Meeting Salt Lake City October 30 ,2012
Before Wildfires Meet with state agencies; health, school, commerce, etc. “MT / ID Interagency Smoke Mgmt Coordination Strategy” FLM RX-410 / RX-341 training course instruction / student Northern Rockies Incident Mgmt Team winter meetings ARM Subchapter 6 - Open Burning rules [prescribed fire]
During Wildfires Monitor Forecast Communicate
After Wildfires State MET reviews smoke forecast accuracy, websites, etc. Communicate with stakeholders – FLMs, County HD, etc. Flag wildfire smoke influenced monitoring data [document, analyze, public notice, & submit to EPA]
End of Presentation Bob Habeck Montana DEQ bhabeck@mt.gov (406) 444-7305