Hamilton - MT Fire Department

10/16/2026

Our firefighters were humbled last night to arrive to training and finding personalized gift baskets for everyone. THANK YOU to the anonymous citizens that took the time, thought and money into doing this for us!

08/18/2026

Hamilton Fire would like to thank the Darby Rodeo Association and everyone who contributed to the Firefighters Tug of War. With those funds, we were able to purchase three sizes of Ruth Lee Rescue Dummies to train for search, rescue and vehicle rescue.

08/11/2026

Skalkaho Hwy to close today at 9am.

A reminder that Skalkaho Highway (Highway 38) will be closed today, August 11, starting at 9 am due to containment efforts on the Black Bear Fire. The closure will be from mile marker 13-17, which is roughly from the intersection of FS road 75 to FS road 711. Fire officials will reopen the road as soon as it is safe to do so.

Please see the release below for more information.

Bitterroot 500 Road Conditions - HWY 93 South

08/04/2026

08/04/2026

Come on down tonight!

Just a reminder to come down to the Fairgrounds tonight! Life Flight is scheduled to land at 5:00 pm sharp if you don't want to miss it. Hot dogs will be on the grill, cold drinks chilling on ice, kids raffle at 7:00 pm. See you soon!

07/30/2026

At approximately 1920 hours on Wednesday, July 29th, Hamilton Fire was paged to a porch fire west of town with auto aid from Corvallis Fire. Upon arrival, the rear of the residence and garage were found to be fully engulfed with dense smoke showing from all eaves. It was noted that the occupant of the residence was still inside. Initial fire and law enforcement on scene were able to extract the occupant to a safe location. Before arrival of the first engine on scene, the garage roof collapsed and forced fire further through the upper portion of the structure. First crews were able to get multiple hand lines onto the fire to knock it down with good water supply established. A second collapse of the structures roof occurred shortly after water was initiated. Crews were forced to fight fire from the exterior due to significant structure deterioration. The majority of the fire was knocked down around 2000 hours. Crews remained on scene mopping up hot spots and cleared shortly before 2300. One firefighter was transported to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, while another was treated on scene due to heat related stress. We would like to thank Corvallis Rural Fire District, Victor Volunteer Fire and EMS, Hamilton Police Department, Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office, Ravalli County Dispatch, Bitterroot Health EMS, King’s Canteen and Northwestern Energy for their help and assistance during the incident.

07/26/2026

07/15/2026

07/04/2026

This afternoon we, along with several other valley departments and Forest Service, were paged for mutual aid to Darby for a wildland fire. Hamilton Engine 7113 and Tender 7321 were assigned to the north end of the fire while 7101 was assigned to evacuation and structure protection on the south. The fire rapidly spread due to high winds and dry fuel conditions. Hamilton units cleared shortly before 7pm and were returned to service. The fire covered roughly 407 acres with no structures lost. Although we had good rain the past week, fine fuels have dried quickly with the warm weather. (Video is first tanker drop at structure protection on the south end of the fire.)