Montana City VFD
PMB 2094
1 Jackson Creek Rd. Montana City, MT 59634
(406) 442-9828
Emergency Dial 911


How to Join

General Information

If you enjoy hard work, pride, camaraderie, and an overall feeling of accomplishment, then joining the Montana City Volunteer Fire Department is for you!

Requirements

You must be at least 18 years of age, successfully pass criminal background and driving record checks, be a resident of the greater Montana City area, and be approved by a vote of the current members. While new members must live nearby enough to respond to calls, they are not required to be residents of the district. Members wishing to participate in active firefighting are subject to mandatory medical checks.

Process

To join the Montana City Volunteer Fire Department, you'll need to start attending our regular meetings. We'll show you around and make sure you meet everyone so you can get a sample of who we are and what we do. To be eligible for membership you'll need to attend at least three consecutive meetings and fill out our application. At the next business meeting after you're eligible the current members will vote on whether to offer membership to you.

Being a Member

The Montana City Volunteer Fire Department provides all necessary gear and training to members free of charge.

Members are issued a pager, structural gear and wildland gear. Members that pass the required medical checks are issued an SCBA mask. We have a combination of strong local tax support, federal grants, and dedicated members that ensures all of our equipment is up-to-date and well maintained; you'll never be asked to work in outdated or worn out equipment.

In your first year you will complete a 30 hour basic structure firefighting class and a 16 hour Basic wildland firefighting class in addition to our regular training meetings. There are also numerous other training opportunities throughout the year. Members are required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of training each year to remain in the department, with most members far exceeding that amount. Your training will include topics such as structural and wildland firefighting tactics, safety, apparatus driving and operation, HazMat, First Aid, and many other exercises to help us serve the public better. Safety for our members and the public is always a focus of our training.

The Montana City Volunteer Fire Department is dispatched by the Jefferson County 911 System to all structural and wildland fires in the Montana City Fire District. In addition we respond to structure fire calls in the Clancy Fire District as automatic mutual aid, and wildland fire calls on thousands of acres of Federal and State land adjacent to our district. We also provide rescue and extrication on motor vehicle accidents between Jefferson City and the Jefferson/Lewis & Clark County Line, and respond to a wide variety of other public service calls throughout the year. All members are paged to respond to every incident; there is no call schedule and there are no shifts. Members are assigned to one of our two stations and respond to that station for each call.

How to get started!

Give us a call at 442-9828 or just come meet us at Station One on the first or third Wednesday of the month (Go to Calendar) if you would like to check out our program. Station One is located on Mission Mountain Drive, high atop Saddle Mountain.

Being part of Montana City is very rewarding work. You'll meet new people, learn all kinds of new skills, and the camaraderie is great. Being part of your local fire department is a serious commitment of time and energy, but if you're in the right place in your life to join us the rewards are even greater.

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