Gallatin County Emergency Management

What Gallatin County Emergency Management does

Gallatin County Emergency Management is a county government department headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, responsible for emergency preparedness, response, and mitigation across Gallatin County. It serves all residents of Belgrade, Big Sky, Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks, West Yellowstone, and unincorporated areas, plus the Montana State University campus community. The agency employs 1–10 people and operates with statutory authority under Montana Code Annotated 7-33-22, acting as the County Rural Fire Chief with direct protection responsibility over 338,000 acres.

The agency's core product is the Community Notification System, a mass emergency alerting platform powered by Everbridge that delivers targeted messages via voice calls, SMS, email, mobile app, Emergency Alert System, and Wireless Emergency Alerts. Supporting programs include the Wildfire Mitigation Program, the Saddle Peak Fuels Module wildland fire engine crew, the Burn Permit Program, an Incident Qualification System for responder credentialing, and the Middle Creek Early Warning System for dam-safety notifications. The agency also coordinates emergency training and exercises, delivering over 2,000 student hours of instruction in the 2022–2023 season.

The business model is entirely public-sector: services are delivered free of charge to residents, funded through the Gallatin County general fund and supplemented by federal grants such as the $1,068,360 FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award received in May 2023. Revenue streams are government appropriations and grant funding, with minor fee income from burn permits. There is no commercial pricing model, no investor capital, and no equity ownership structure; the agency is a department of Gallatin County Government.

Name

Gallatin County Emergency Management

Legal name

Gallatin County Emergency Management

Website

https://readygallatin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gallatin County Emergency Management is a Bozeman, Montana county government department that coordinates emergency preparedness, wildfire mitigation, and mass-alert communications for all Gallatin County residents and the Montana State University campus via an Everbridge-powered Community Notification System.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety and Emergency Management Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (922160), Fire Protection (92216), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management) (BPAIACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB), Fire Alarm Monitoring & Dispatch (BPAKAFAC)

Keywords

• Emergency management services
• Community notification system
• Wildfire mitigation programs
• Emergency preparedness
• Public alert systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Bozeman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public government agency funded through county budget and federal grants (FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program). Services are provided free to all Gallatin County residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gallatin County Emergency Management is a county government department that coordinates emergency preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery across Gallatin County, Montana. It operates the Community Notification System (powered by Everbridge) for mass emergency alerting, delivers wildfire mitigation and fuels reduction services through the Wildfire Mitigation Program and Saddle Peak Fuels Module, issues burn permits, runs the Middle Creek Dam early warning system, and manages incident qualification tracking for emergency responders.

Product overview

Gallatin County Emergency Management provides emergency management services through a suite of interconnected products and programs. The core product is the Community Notification System, a mass emergency alerting platform powered by Everbridge that covers all cities, towns, and unincorporated areas including Montana State University. Supporting services include the Wildfire Mitigation Program (with the Saddle Peak Fuels Module crew), Burn Permit Program, Incident Qualification System for responder training, and the Middle Creek Early Warning System for dam safety. The agency also coordinates with Montana State University for shared notification capabilities and supports various preparedness training activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Community Notification System (CNS): A mass notification system powered by Everbridge used to provide emergency alerts to Gallatin County residents.
• Wildfire Mitigation Program
• Saddle Peak Fuels Module

Products and services

• Community Notification System

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 97,324 targeted emergency messages sent in 2019 for four emergency incidents
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Montana State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Shared Community Notification System partnership. MSU employees and students (approximately 24,662 individuals) are automatically enrolled for on-campus incident notifications. County and University share a single mass notification system for more effective emergency alerting throughout Gallatin County.
• EverbridgecoreTechnology or IntegrationVendor providing the mass notification technology platform for the Community Notification System. System is hosted at redundant data centers around the country. Provides voice calls, text messages, email, mobile app, and other alert delivery methods.
• Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty Cooperative Fire Control Agreement - Gallatin County serves as coordinating agency between local fire agencies and DNRC. DNRC County Assist Teams provide wildfire response support. Coordinated burn permit program under Montana DEQ regulations.
• Local Fire DepartmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with all local fire departments across Gallatin County under the County Rural Fire Operating Plan. Coordinate wildfire response, burn permit operations, and mutual aid for fire suppression activities.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)coreOthersFEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding provider. Awarded $1,068,360 through HMGP Post Fire for Phase 1 wildfire mitigation work on private property following the Bridger Foothills Fire.
• Southwest Montana COADsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Organizations Active in Disasters (COAD) - Coordinates voluntary organizations active in disaster relief and preparedness across Southwest Montana.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Everbridge: Critical technology vendor providing the mass notification platform that powers Gallatin's Community Notification System. Related as the infrastructure provider rather than a direct peer, but relevant for understanding platform dependency and comparable mass notification deployments.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Federal grant provider and overarching emergency management authority. Not a direct peer, but a critical funding source and regulatory counterpart for county-level emergency management agencies like Gallatin.

Regional players

• Flathead County Emergency Management: Montana county emergency management with similar mountain/wildfire risk profile. Directly comparable structure as a county-level emergency management agency coordinating wildfire response and community notification.
• Yellowstone County Emergency Management: Another Montana county emergency management agency. Comparable in scope and function, providing emergency preparedness, mass notification, and disaster coordination to a similarly sized Montana county.
• Missoula County Emergency Management: Montana-based county emergency management agency serving Missoula County. Directly comparable as a peer county-level emergency management organization in the same state with overlapping wildfire, flood, and mass notification responsibilities.

Direct peers

• Larimer County Office of Emergency Management: Colorado county emergency management agency with similar mountain/wildland-urban interface risks and Everbridge-class mass notification. Directly comparable in scale and program structure.
• Boulder County Office of Disaster Management: Colorado county emergency management agency with wildfire and mass notification responsibilities. Comparable in structure, function, and reliance on a public-private mass notification platform to serve a mountain west county.
• Deschutes County Emergency Services (Oregon): Oregon county emergency services with strong wildfire mitigation programs and community notification systems. Comparable structure and hazard focus, particularly for wildfire response coordination.
• Teton County Emergency Management (Wyoming): County emergency management agency in a mountain west jurisdiction with significant wildfire risk and tourist population. Directly comparable in scale, structure, and hazard profile to Gallatin County.

Broad incumbents

• Montana Disaster and Emergency Services: State-level Montana emergency management agency that oversees and coordinates with county emergency management programs including Gallatin. Comparable as a higher-tier emergency management organization in the same state regulatory hierarchy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/readygallatin
• Facebookfacebook.com/GallatinEM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gallatin-county-emergency-management

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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