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Emergency Operations Basic Plan

Under a Mutual Aid Agreement between Missoula County and the City of Missoula, the Missoula County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is a joint effort. This agreement also forms a Disaster Planning Committee to address emergency management needs. The EOP provides the organizational, legal, and policy framework guiding the County and City’s response to emergencies. It does not offer specific operational instructions; instead, it creates a decision-making environment for commanders and officials to act based on incident conditions.

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan

Pre-disaster mitigation planning assesses and prioritizes projects to reduce potential damage and casualties from natural disasters. This process helps communities focus on actual risks by profiling each hazard and comparing their relative impacts. For each hazard, we analyze historical data, economic and structural losses, casualties, and recurrence likelihood. Where possible, hazard zones are mapped to identify at-risk properties and populations, and assessment models simulate hazards and potential damage. The goal is to identify and prioritize projects that can effectively reduce or eliminate threats to infrastructure, structures, and communities.

Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Plan

Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan

Through the LEPC, The Office of Emergency Management administers Missoula County's Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan. This three-year rolling plan is updated annually to reflect the priorities and core capabilities the LEPC identifies as areas of focus for training and exercises.

Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan (MTEP)

Community Wildfire Protection Plan

A Community Wildfire Protection Plan is a community-based plan focused on identifying and addressing the local threat of wildfire. The CWPP determines what is at risk and provides a roadmap of actions for the community to address its wildfire risk.

Missoula County adopted its first Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in 2005, which was initiated by the Missoula County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and incorporated input from numerous stakeholders. Since that time, many changes have occurred across the county, including new housing and roads, fires on the landscape, and forest fuel treatments near communities. These changes can affect the way a community plans for fire and have prompted the need to update the CWPP.

The 2018 CWPP update builds on the expertise and information contained in the 2005 CWPP, and provides important updates, including:

re-organization of content to align with national policy and strategies;
updated wildfire risk assessment;
action table and maintenance plan; and,
stakeholders engaged in CWPP activities.

Documents

Missoula County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)

In 2024, residents of the Grant Creek drainage area and local stakeholders, dedicated to reducing wildland fire threats, completed the Grant Creek Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). This plan combines information from diverse sources to provide a detailed overview of wildland fire risks within the Grant Creek drainage area.