We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Scott Gallus, Chinook's Assistant Fire Chief, works with two volunteer firefighters from Manchester to program a radio used in firefighting. Gallus presented during the recent Northcentral Montana Wildland Fire Training Conference about the availability of emergency radio frequencies in Montana. The two day training program for volunteer firefighters was organized by Montana DNRC and supported by other emergency and firefighting agencies.
About 45 area volunteer firefighters attended the second annual Northcentral Wildland Fire Training Conference hosted by the Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) in cooperation with several local fire departments and emergency service providers. The training program was designed so volunteers could balance training time with other demands in their personal lives.
Don Pyrah, Fire Management Officer for the DNRC's Northeast Land Office in Lewistown, said, "We first offered a class with this format last year in Glasgow. We made some modifications for this year's class based on input fro...
