Emergency Managment

Emergency Management 

Emergency & Disaster prepares, manages plans, and programs directed at disaster preparedness and coordination of response and recovery.

This service is mandated by State Law (10 – 3 – 401 MCA) and is provided to the City and County by an Interlocal Agreement. 

Hazard Mitigation  

The Central Montana Region Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is the product of a regional planning process coordinated by the Montana Disaster & Emergency Services (MTDES) in 2022-2023 to develop regional hazard mitigation plans covering the entire state of Montana. The HMP includes Blaine County and is approved and active until October 10, 2029.

The 2023 Central Montana Region HMP will serve as a blueprint for coordinating and implementing hazard mitigation policies, programs, and projects across the Region. It identifies mitigation goals and related actions to assist the participating jurisdictions in reducing risk and preventing
loss from future hazard events.

The HMPs are now considered to be in the Plan Maintenance Phase and in order to maintain compliance with FEMA regulations, a HMP does need to undergo an annual update every active year.

GIS

 The Blaine County GIS Department Members coordinate the collection and maintenance of GIS data for a number of County assets.   Blaine County utilizes ESRI ArcGIS software, Trimble and Garmin GPS units, and a Canon plotter and printer. Data is stored in both “shapefile” and geodatabase formats. County data is made available online through the Montana State Library’s Geographic Information Clearinghouse.

rural addressing

When moving to, buying or building a new home in Blaine County, or if you need your address verified, please contact our office to get an address assigned.  The utility companies need a rural address in order to hook up the power, gas and telephone lines to the property. It works best to obtain your address before you need these services installed.

Please use your address exactly as it is given to you; do not put RT or BOX in front of the number or alter it in any way.

 All owners of structures that have been addressed shall, display and maintain in a conspicuous place on the structure, the assigned numbers as soon as possible in the following manner: Where the residence or structure is within 50 (fifty) feet of the edge of the road right-of-way, the assigned number shall be displayed on the residence or structure visible from the roadway. Where the residence or structure is over 50 (fifty) feet from the edge of the road right-of-way, the assigned number shall be displayed on a post, fence, wall, the mail box, or on some structure at the property line next to the walk or access drive to the residence or structure. Numbers shall be displayed in a color and size visible from the road.  Every person whose duty is to display the assigned number shall remove any different number that might be mistaken for, or confused with, the number assigned.  It is also important for all residents to know your address in the event that emergency service responders are requested.  A good way to do this is to post the assigned number and road name next to your telephone for emergency reference.

Volunteer Emergency Responders

Blaine County has 3 volunteer Ambulance Crews located in Turner, Harlem, and Chinook.

Blaine County has 6 volunteer Fire Departments located in Hogeland, Turner, Harlem, Chinook, South Blaine and Lloyd.

Community Wildfire Protection plan

The Blaine County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a living document that is regularly updated as new information becomes available.  Updated version of the CWPP and associated maps can be found at ((Link to the 2025 CWPP Coming Soon)), Story maps can be found ((Coming Soon)).