Fire Resources

We’ve listed a few key resources below. The good folks on Facebook have compiled very extensive resource directories – see the first two links.

General

Bridger Foothills Fire Info & Resources page on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bridgerfoothillsfire/announcements

This should be accessible, even if you are not a Fb user. They have compiled a mega-list of resources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-AlTBE1cWDwS0kedjzwEQEAvbjKxZaP6ccc_ZYBiwx0/edit

Relief/Assistance

New Greater Gallatin United Way has a letter to the community and a funding request form:

COAD writes:

Montana Red Cross is delivering financial assistance and other support to families whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged by the Bridger Foothills wildfire.
If your primary residence was destroyed or suffered major damage, please contact the Red Cross at 800-272-6668 to request services. Other residents impacted by the fire who need assistance can also reach out to that number and the Red Cross will connect them with community resources.

Government

Incident page on inciweb – including fire briefings and maps:

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7144/

Gallatin (County) Media – generally has up-to-date road closure reports:

https://www.gallatinmedia.org/

Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office – various news, and has been hosting the virtual fire briefings (livestreamed):

https://www.facebook.com/gallatincountysheriffsoffice

Gallatin County on Twitter – seems to have some of the fastest notices:

https://twitter.com/Gallatin_County

Custer Gallatin National Forest has fire briefing videos and other resources:

https://www.facebook.com/CusterGallatinNationalForest

Lost & Found

See this post for links.

Post-fire Recovery

We’re building a separate page of resources here.

Notification

Gallatin Emergency Notification System Signup

https://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736725227#/signup

Bridger Canyon email list signup

http://bcpoa.net/mailman/listinfo/canyon_bcpoa.net

Bridger Canyon email list archive

http://bcpoa.net/mailman/private/canyon_bcpoa.net/2020/date.html

What else?

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