The public is invited to the fourth annual Flathead Wildland Firefighters Banquet to help support the many federal, state, local, contract and volunteer firefighters that train and work to protect public and private lands.
The foundation provides immediate immediate financial assistance to the families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and assists injured firefighters and their families. The Flathead chapter, which started in 2019, is hosting their third banquet in Kalispell on April 15.
Created in Boise, Idaho, after the historic 1994 fire season, the founding board members realized there was a great need to have emergency support services for the families of fallen firefighters.