Public Safety
- Enhanced 911 emergency telephone services are available throughout Sheridan County . Enhancements include addressing and location identification for caller, including cellular phones.
- Hazardous Materials responses are provide by Sheridan Fire-Rescue with one Haz-Mat response vehicle and Haz-Mat Technician level personnel.
- Fire insurance ISO classifications.
- City of Sheridan has a classification of 5
- Areas outside of the City of Sheridan , within 5 miles of the fire-rescue station and within a 1000 ft of a fire hydrant have a classification of 5.
- All other areas of Sheridan County , not within a Fire District, have a classification of 9.
Sheridan County is served by an enhanced 911 system and well-trained, responsive law enforcement, fire and rescue teams, providing response services to:
- Fire
- Enemy attack
- Energy shortages
- Explosions
- Flood
- Other natural or human caused disasters
- Power failures
- Riot
- Terrorism
- Tornado or other weather-related emergencies
- Hazardous Materials incidents
- Transportation emergencies
- Sabotage
With functions to include:
- Advanced Life Support ambulance services
- Emergency communications
- Technician level Hazardous Materials responses
- Evacuation
- Firefighting services
- Medical and health services
- Law Enforcement services
- Radiological, chemical and other monitoring
- Search and rescue
- Temporary restoration of utility services
Fire-Rescue:
Sheridan Fire-Rescue Department provides professional full-time Fire, Life Safety and Emergency Medical Services. Fire protection is provided by the City of Sheridan Fire-Rescue Department with full-time personnel, as well as six (6) volunteer fire departments throughout the county, including volunteer-manned fire trucks located on isolated farms and ranches to assist with wildland fire suppression in those isolated rural areas. (Visit Website for Sheridan Fire Department)
Big Horn, Clearmont, Dayton , Ranchester, Story and the rural areas are services by well-trained volunteer units. The departments have mutual aid and response agreements for:- Automatic structure response within fire districts
- Mutual aid response for wildland fires
- Advanced life support ambulance response to all of Sheridan County and southern Montana
Law Enforcement:
Law Enforcement services are provided by the City of Sheridan Police Department and the Sheridan County Sheriff's Department, as well as the Wyoming Highway Patrol.