Several local fire departments have received cash assistance after fighting numerous fires in what is reported as the worst Montana wildfire season in 100 years.
Plain Green Loans, the online lending company of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, and the Montana Community Foundation have announced grants they provided to fire departments in the area.
Fire departments responded to multiple fires, including the July Fire that burned 11,699 acres in the Little Rocky Mountains and the East Fork Fire that burned 21,896 acres in the Bear Paw Mountains.
Plain Green said in a press release the company donated $30,000 to the Rocky Boy Volunteer Fire Department, while the Montana Community Foundation said in a release the Montana Wildfire Relief Fund the foundation created in partnership with the Montana Television Network had made grants to eight local fire departments.