ALL County Solid Waste Facilities, including Ten Lake Remote Site, will CLOSE at 3 pm Christmas Eve. ALL County Offices will be CLOSED Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Beltrami County
Beltrami County's Emergency Management program is part of the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office. Emergency Management is responsible for the development and implementation of an all-hazard emergency plan to guide county personnel and resources during times of disaster and crisis including but not limited to naturally occurring disasters, accidental or intentional man-made disasters, disease outbreak and many other potential situations. We participate in many preparedness initiatives including Winter Hazard Awareness Week, Severe Weather Awareness Week and National Preparedness Month. In addition we engage the public at many events throughout the county and try to make as many invitations as we receive to talk about resiliency and preparedness in our communities.
Beltrami County utilizes CodeRED by Onsolve to alert the community during emergency situations. Messages can be delivered by a phone call, text message, email and a mobile app. Residents are encouraged to enroll so you will receive warning messages in the event of a dangerous situation. These can include evacuations, active threats or tornadoes. Click here or the banner below to enroll in CodeRED.
Beltrami County Emergency Management is responsible for our volunteer organizations in Beltrami County, including the Posse, North Country First Responders and the Paul Bunyan Amateur Radio Club. Our volunteers are greatly appreciated and assist in search and rescue, traffic control, public events, the fair, communications and emergency medical response. If you are interested in volunteering, click here for an application.
While Beltrami County doesn't own any outdoor warning sirens, we do activate them for the communities and facilities that have them. The following locations have sirens: City of Bemidji, Lake Bemidji State Park, City of Kelliher, Waskish (Big Bog State Park) and the City of Blackduck.
Sirens are activated to provide those outdoors to go inside and seek additional information from the news, internet or NOAA Weather Radio. In Beltrami County, outdoor warning sirens are used for dangerous weather. When winds are expected to exceed 70MPH and during tornado warnings sirens will sound. They will sound for approximately three minutes. Just because the siren stops doesn't mean the hazard is over. There is no "all clear" activation. One exception is the Lake Bemidji State Park's siren is activated for all severe thunderstorm warnings.
The Leech Lake Reservation has two sirens that are located in the Pennington Community and the Mission Community Center. These sirens are not activated by Beltrami County and activate by Cass County.
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613 Minnesota Ave NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
Phone: 218-333-9111
Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Mon - Fri
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