Missoula Rural Fire District

Bone dry conditions, powerful winds and multiple new wildfire starts kept ground and air firefighting resources busy in recent days. Evacuation orders are in effect northwest of Polson due to the Nirada Fire.

Missoula County will be one of the first in Montana to test out a new statewide election law in its upcoming school and special district elections on May…

Missoula County Sheriff deputies today warned residents of Horseback Ridge near Missoula to prepare for evacuation, after a new wildfire was discovered…

A house in Milltown erupted in flames around 4:30 this morning. Both the East Missoula Fire crew and the Missoula Rural Fire responded immediately.…

The Missoula Rural Fire District has an extra fire engine on duty over the 4th of July weekend, in part because of what happened in 2006. District Chief…