{"id":114894,"date":"2021-07-23T00:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/23\/montana-national-guard-mobilized-to-support-firefighting\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:11:20","slug":"montana-national-guard-mobilized-to-support-firefighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/07\/23\/montana-national-guard-mobilized-to-support-firefighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana National Guard mobilized to support firefighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELENA, Mont. (AP) \u2014 Gov. Greg Gianforte mobilized the Montana National Guard Thursday to assist in wildfire response as the entire state faces abnormally dry conditions contributing to fire risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor ordered two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/02\/09\/spate-of-black-hawk-crew-deaths-prompts-questions-for-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\">helicopter support crews<\/a>, including 24 soldiers, to enter active duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation put in a request for military support to aid in wildland fire suppression efforts, after one of the agency\u2019s firefighting helicopters crash-landed and burned in heavy winds last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Montana National Guard will provide one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/06\/10\/black-hawks-stabilizing-device-failed-before-deadly-crash-in-the-sinai\/\" target=\"_blank\">UH-60 Black Hawk crew <\/a>out of Billings to assist in the eastern side of the state, and one CH-47 Chinook crew out of Helena to support the western side.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/23\/the-national-guard-really-wants-to-grow-the-latest-budget-is-reducing-their-numbers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21092728909786.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The National Guard really wants to grow. The latest budget is reducing their numbers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Though senior leaders have asked for more troops, it&#039;s probably not to be.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nineteen large fires were burning in Montana as of Wednesday. The Alder Creek Fire in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is a top priority blaze in the nation as it threatens about 200 structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the beginning of the year, there have been about 1,500 fire starts in Montana \u2014 a third of them in July \u2014 burning around 300 square miles (780 square kilometers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montana entered the fiscal year, which began July 1, with a full fire suppression fund topping $100 million. 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