To contribute within appropriate authority to the maintenance and improvement of the quality of life within the Belgrade Rural Fire District through fire prevention, fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical services to all that live, work, visits or invests here.

Value Statement

Our Mission and Our Citizens Deserve the Best

• To achieve our mission, we must turn ideas into action, be pioneers in our field, contributors of knowledge, creators of solutions and explorers of ideas with regard to utmost safety.
• We expect our service to our citizens to be worthy, vigorous, resourceful, courteous, and reliable.
• We require ourselves to abide by the highest professional standards.
• We strive to turn our mistakes into opportunities and our limitations into creativity.
  

District Services Offered

• School Fire Prevention Education and Accident Prevention Programs
• Fire Station Tours for all groups
• Code Enforcement and Management
• Plans Review
• Inspections
• Safety Education for Business
• First Aid Training
• Fire Extinguisher Training
• Fire Safety Plan Development
• Free Smoke Detectors for the needy
• Wood Stove Safety Surveys
• Residential Inspections upon request
• Blood Pressure Checks
• Emergency Medical First Response
• Fire Emergency Response
• Motor Vehicle Crash Response
• Rescue Response
• Hazardous Materials Response
• Smoke Detector Installation and Testing
• Pre-Fire Planning
• Fire Services Chaplain Support
• Critical Incident Stress Management Intervention
• Incident Management
• All other requests for service when in need if nobody else will respond.

Belgrade City/Rural Fire District - 2000 Major Accomplishments

• Updated Fire Training House at Airport.
• Expanded training for new officers.
• Put a used Ambulance into service.
• Expanded working relationship with Gallatin Gateway and Reese Creek Fire.
• Continued to make improvements in County Fire Program.
• 11.5% increase in calls for response.
• Busiest year in history in the presentation of Fire Safety Education, General Workplace Safety, Basic First Aid and General Risk Management programs.
• Updated information management system.
• Major remodel of Station # 1 completed.
• Finished projects at Station # 2 and # 3.
• Improved and expanded rural water supplies.
• Working on shift coverage program to ensure responses.
• Reviewed more building plans and subdivisions requests than ever before.
• Handled numerous multiple alarms and major incidents.
  

City of Belgrade - Equipment Inventory

• 1993 Structure Engine (Unit 601)
  
• 1999 Rescue/Structure Engine (Unit 604)
  

The training division is committed to a creative learning process, which will develop mutual respect and pride in ourselves, our Fire Department, and our community.

Vision Statement

The training division is committed to organized, quality training by promoting:

• Personal and Organizational Integrity
• Promote an Environment of Mutual Trust, Fairness, Sensitivity, and Dignity
• Promote Confidence in Individual Capabilities and Teamwork throughout the Organization
• Promote the Ability to Learn, Understand, and Implement the Needed Skills to be an Effective Emergency Responder
• Promote Confidence in Emergency Situations through Quality Training and Modernization Skills
• Promote Accessibility, Open Communication, and Participation in Training Decision-Making

In 2000 the Training Division has worked hard to implement the Mission Statement and Vision Statement

 

Training Division Accomplishments 2000

• Success of Company Based Training
• Completed Basic 2000 100+ hours of Training 9 Recruits
• Training Team Reorganization
• Haz-Mat Operations Training - Fire Service Training School
• Advanced Engineering Course - 5 Graduates
• Basis Engineering Course - 7 Graduates
• Upgrade Presentation Software and Equipment
• 6 Department Members Certified as EMT's
• 1 New Firefighter certified as a First Responder
• Working on County Training Facility
• EMT Refresher
  
• PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support) Course
• Numerous DNRC/Wildland Training Sponsored (I-300, ICS)
• Airport Training
• Rescue Training
• Implementation of Phase l of Driver Operator Qualification
• Implementation of Crew Leader/Communications Training