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FEMA WILL BE IN BEMIDJI March 16 0800-noon LawEnf Center - Friday, May 13, 2011

 

PRESS RELEASE- IMPORTANT MEETING WITH FEMA REPRESENTATIVES
                                                 MONDAY May 16 2011 Law Enforcement Center
 
            From the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management:
            Representatives from the State Homeland Security and Emergency Management as well as FEMA will be on hand Monday, May 16, 2011 from 8 AM until noon to conduct preliminary damage assessments (PDA) for every city, town, township and Beltrami County in order to establish qualification for reimbursement under the declared FEMA Disaster for the State of Minnesota. This application and assessment applies to all public infrastructures such as roads, ditches, bridges, right of ways, public buildings, etc.
             It is imperative that all public entities provide a representative to complete the process.
            This meeting will be held at the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) Training Room/EOC
 located at 613 Minnesota Ave NW in Bemidji. Participants should park in the County Administration parking lot located at 701 Minnesota Ave NW (1st building and lot just north of the LEC lot). The EOC/Training Room is at the northwest corner of the LEC.
            If you already have experience with assessments you are welcome to come anytime during the 4 hour period. Those who are new might want to come at 8:00 AM in case you have questions and more time is required to complete your forms.
 
 
 
May 15 2011 ROAD UPDATES BELTRAMI COUNTY - Friday, May 13, 2011

 

2011 FLOOD, UPDATED May 5, 2011 2011 1503 hrs
 
 
CLOSED ROADS:
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - COYOTE RD NW IN THE 13000BLK, APPROX 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANGE RD NW- STILL CLOSED- VERY POOR CONDITION
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP - BEIGHLEY RD EAST OF SUMMIT TOWN HALL RD CLOSED 
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – KLUG RD NE CLOSED- DEEP RUTS IN LOW SPOT
 
CURRENT ROAD UPDATES:
   
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - PIONEER RD NE SOUTH TO HOYUM RD NE IS OPEN AND IN GOOD CONDITION 
 
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - BATTLE RD WEST OF PIONEER RD NE TO THE RED LAKE RESERVATION – ALTERNATE ACCESS IS RED LAKE RESERVATION ROAD, PONEMAH ROAD-OPEN BUT WITH POTHOLES AND RUTS
 
 WASKISH TOWNSHIP -LAPORT LN NE OPEN BETWEEN HWY 72 AND WASKISH RD NE- GOOD CONDITION
 
 LANGOR TOWNSHIP - LANET RD NE WEST OF HWY 72 –OPEN 
 
LANGOR TOWNSHIP - HAIBY RD NE BETWEEN STENSON RD AND NEBISH RD- OPEN
 
TURTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP - BEAVER RD BETWEEN BIG LAKE RD AND OTTER RD –OPEN USE CAUTION
  
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - PLOIUM RD NW BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND LAMMERS- REMAINS SIGNED AND USE CAUTION – CLOSED TO THRO TRAFFIC 300 YARDS WEST OF LAMMERS BUT OPEN FROM THE SUNDOWN RD NW SIDE- ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT EITHER END
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - TOM JEFFERSON DR NW 1 MILE WEST OF NORTHWOOD RD AT THE S-CURVES-OPEN
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP – FLAT BALSAM RD NW BETWEEN BLOM RD AND MEADOW VIEW RD STILL MUDDY BUT PASSABLE
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - SCHROEDER RD NW BETWEEN PLATT RD AND DIVISION ST OPEN-USE CAUTION
 
JONES TOWNSHIP – JONES TOWN HALL RD SW ½ MILE SOUTH OF HWY 2 W POOR CONDITION- USE CAUTION
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW NORTH OF DUNNE RD NW TO PUPOSKY RD NW-USE CAUTION- OPEN
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - LINDSETH DR NE NORTH OF CARVER RD NE ON SW SIDE OF LAKE BELTRAMI-OPEN
 
QUIRING TOWNSHIP - BLACKDUCK RIVER RD NE OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - KNAPPEN HILL RD NE WEST OF S GULL LAKE RD NE – OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S GULL LAKE RD NE BETWEEN 10837 AND 10355, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF TENSTRIKE- OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S. GULL LAKE LOOP NORTH OF KNAPPEN HILL RD –OPEN 
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - WOODHAVEN LN NE IS OPEN
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP -BLACK LAKE RD NE NORTH OF ISLAND VIEW DRIVE – WATER IS RECEDING –BLACK CREEK LN NE AND BITTERSWEET RD NE – IN BETTER CONDITION DUE TO EXTRA GRAVEL
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - HINES RD NE ½ MILE EAST OF HINES –PASSABLE BUT USE CAUTION- STILL MUDDY
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - LOOKOUT TOWER RD NE 1/4 MILE WEST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY AND OTHER AREAS 1-2 MILES WEST- OPEN BUT USE EXTREME CAUTION- SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN
 
SHOOKS TOWNSHIP - WILLOW CREEK RD NOW OPEN
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW BETWEEN ELVESTERS CT NW TO PUPOSKY ROAD, INCLUDING CAMPBELL LAKE RD AND COMET RD IS PASSABLE BUT ROADWAY IS IN POOR CONDITION- MARKED CAUTION
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP – CAMPBELL LAKE RD NE AND COMET RD NE –WATER IS RECEDING-MARKED AS CAUTION
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - BALSAM RIDGE RD AT GRANT CREEK IS OPEN, CULVERT REPAIRED
 
HORNET TOWNSHIP – NEAR MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE HAS A SINK HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION, NORTH OF MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE VERY POOR CONDITION
 
 
 
   Please continue to update our office with the latest closures and when they are remedied.
 
2011 FLOOD, UPDATED May 5, 2011 2011 1503 hrs
 
 
CLOSED ROADS:
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - COYOTE RD NW IN THE 13000BLK, APPROX 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANGE RD NW- STILL CLOSED- VERY POOR CONDITION
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP - BEIGHLEY RD EAST OF SUMMIT TOWN HALL RD CLOSED 
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – KLUG RD NE CLOSED- DEEP RUTS IN LOW SPOT
 
CURRENT ROAD UPDATES:
   
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - PIONEER RD NE SOUTH TO HOYUM RD NE IS OPEN AND IN GOOD CONDITION 
 
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - BATTLE RD WEST OF PIONEER RD NE TO THE RED LAKE RESERVATION – ALTERNATE ACCESS IS RED LAKE RESERVATION ROAD, PONEMAH ROAD-OPEN BUT WITH POTHOLES AND RUTS
 
 WASKISH TOWNSHIP -LAPORT LN NE OPEN BETWEEN HWY 72 AND WASKISH RD NE- GOOD CONDITION
 
 LANGOR TOWNSHIP - LANET RD NE WEST OF HWY 72 –OPEN 
 
LANGOR TOWNSHIP - HAIBY RD NE BETWEEN STENSON RD AND NEBISH RD- OPEN
 
TURTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP - BEAVER RD BETWEEN BIG LAKE RD AND OTTER RD –OPEN USE CAUTION
  
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - PLOIUM RD NW BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND LAMMERS- REMAINS SIGNED AND USE CAUTION – CLOSED TO THRO TRAFFIC 300 YARDS WEST OF LAMMERS BUT OPEN FROM THE SUNDOWN RD NW SIDE- ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT EITHER END
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - TOM JEFFERSON DR NW 1 MILE WEST OF NORTHWOOD RD AT THE S-CURVES-OPEN
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP – FLAT BALSAM RD NW BETWEEN BLOM RD AND MEADOW VIEW RD STILL MUDDY BUT PASSABLE
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - SCHROEDER RD NW BETWEEN PLATT RD AND DIVISION ST OPEN-USE CAUTION
 
JONES TOWNSHIP – JONES TOWN HALL RD SW ½ MILE SOUTH OF HWY 2 W POOR CONDITION- USE CAUTION
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW NORTH OF DUNNE RD NW TO PUPOSKY RD NW-USE CAUTION- OPEN
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - LINDSETH DR NE NORTH OF CARVER RD NE ON SW SIDE OF LAKE BELTRAMI-OPEN
 
QUIRING TOWNSHIP - BLACKDUCK RIVER RD NE OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - KNAPPEN HILL RD NE WEST OF S GULL LAKE RD NE – OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S GULL LAKE RD NE BETWEEN 10837 AND 10355, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF TENSTRIKE- OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S. GULL LAKE LOOP NORTH OF KNAPPEN HILL RD –OPEN 
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - WOODHAVEN LN NE IS OPEN
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP -BLACK LAKE RD NE NORTH OF ISLAND VIEW DRIVE – WATER IS RECEDING –BLACK CREEK LN NE AND BITTERSWEET RD NE – IN BETTER CONDITION DUE TO EXTRA GRAVEL
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - HINES RD NE ½ MILE EAST OF HINES –PASSABLE BUT USE CAUTION- STILL MUDDY
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - LOOKOUT TOWER RD NE 1/4 MILE WEST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY AND OTHER AREAS 1-2 MILES WEST- OPEN BUT USE EXTREME CAUTION- SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN
 
SHOOKS TOWNSHIP - WILLOW CREEK RD NOW OPEN
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW BETWEEN ELVESTERS CT NW TO PUPOSKY ROAD, INCLUDING CAMPBELL LAKE RD AND COMET RD IS PASSABLE BUT ROADWAY IS IN POOR CONDITION- MARKED CAUTION
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP – CAMPBELL LAKE RD NE AND COMET RD NE –WATER IS RECEDING-MARKED AS CAUTION
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - BALSAM RIDGE RD AT GRANT CREEK IS OPEN, CULVERT REPAIRED
 
HORNET TOWNSHIP – NEAR MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE HAS A SINK HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION, NORTH OF MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE VERY POOR CONDITION
 
 
 
   Please continue to update our office with the latest closures and when they are remedied.
 
 

 

 
FLOOD ROADS UPDATE beltrami county may 15 2011 1753 hrs - Friday, May 13, 2011

 

2011 FLOOD, UPDATED May 13 2011 1750 hrs
 
 
CLOSED ROADS:
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - COYOTE RD NW IN THE 13000BLK, APPROX 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANGE RD NW- STILL CLOSED- VERY POOR CONDITION
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP - BEIGHLEY RD EAST OF SUMMIT TOWN HALL RD CLOSED 
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – KLUG RD NE CLOSED- DEEP RUTS IN LOW SPOT
 
CURRENT ROAD UPDATES:
   
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - PIONEER RD NE SOUTH TO HOYUM RD NE IS OPEN AND IN GOOD CONDITION 
 
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - BATTLE RD WEST OF PIONEER RD NE TO THE RED LAKE RESERVATION – ALTERNATE ACCESS IS RED LAKE RESERVATION ROAD, PONEMAH ROAD-OPEN BUT WITH POTHOLES AND RUTS
 
 WASKISH TOWNSHIP -LAPORT LN NE OPEN BETWEEN HWY 72 AND WASKISH RD NE- GOOD CONDITION
 
 LANGOR TOWNSHIP - LANET RD NE WEST OF HWY 72 –OPEN 
 
LANGOR TOWNSHIP - HAIBY RD NE BETWEEN STENSON RD AND NEBISH RD- OPEN
 
TURTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP - BEAVER RD BETWEEN BIG LAKE RD AND OTTER RD –OPEN USE CAUTION
  
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - PLOIUM RD NW BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND LAMMERS- REMAINS SIGNED AND USE CAUTION –  ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT EITHER END
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - TOM JEFFERSON DR NW 1 MILE WEST OF NORTHWOOD RD AT THE S-CURVES-OPEN
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP – FLAT BALSAM RD NW BETWEEN BLOM RD AND MEADOW VIEW RD STILL MUDDY BUT PASSABLE
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - SCHROEDER RD NW BETWEEN PLATT RD AND DIVISION ST OPEN-USE CAUTION
 
JONES TOWNSHIP – JONES TOWN HALL RD SW ½ MILE SOUTH OF HWY 2 W POOR CONDITION- USE CAUTION
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW NORTH OF DUNNE RD NW TO PUPOSKY RD NW-USE CAUTION- OPEN
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - LINDSETH DR NE NORTH OF CARVER RD NE ON SW SIDE OF LAKE BELTRAMI-OPEN
 
QUIRING TOWNSHIP - BLACKDUCK RIVER RD NE OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - KNAPPEN HILL RD NE WEST OF S GULL LAKE RD NE – OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S GULL LAKE RD NE BETWEEN 10837 AND 10355, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF TENSTRIKE- OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S. GULL LAKE LOOP NORTH OF KNAPPEN HILL RD –OPEN 
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - WOODHAVEN LN NE IS OPEN
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP -BLACK LAKE RD NE NORTH OF ISLAND VIEW DRIVE – WATER IS RECEDING –BLACK CREEK LN NE AND BITTERSWEET RD NE – IN BETTER CONDITION DUE TO EXTRA GRAVEL
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - HINES RD NE ½ MILE EAST OF HINES –PASSABLE BUT USE CAUTION- STILL MUDDY
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - LOOKOUT TOWER RD NE 1/4 MILE WEST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY AND OTHER AREAS 1-2 MILES WEST- OPEN BUT USE EXTREME CAUTION- SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN
 
SHOOKS TOWNSHIP - WILLOW CREEK RD NOW OPEN
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW BETWEEN ELVESTERS CT NW TO PUPOSKY ROAD, INCLUDING CAMPBELL LAKE RD AND COMET RD IS PASSABLE BUT ROADWAY IS IN POOR CONDITION- MARKED CAUTION
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP – CAMPBELL LAKE RD NE AND COMET RD NE –WATER IS RECEDING-MARKED AS CAUTION
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - BALSAM RIDGE RD AT GRANT CREEK IS OPEN, CULVERT REPAIRED
 
HORNET TOWNSHIP – NEAR MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE HAS A SINK HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION, NORTH OF MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE VERY POOR CONDITION
 
GRANT VALLEY – Country View Estates  Rd SW intersection
 
 
   Please continue to update our office with the latest closures and when they are remedied.
 
2011 FLOOD, UPDATED May 13 2011 1750 hrs
 
 
CLOSED ROADS:
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - COYOTE RD NW IN THE 13000BLK, APPROX 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANGE RD NW- STILL CLOSED- VERY POOR CONDITION
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP - BEIGHLEY RD EAST OF SUMMIT TOWN HALL RD CLOSED 
 
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – KLUG RD NE CLOSED- DEEP RUTS IN LOW SPOT
 
CURRENT ROAD UPDATES:
   
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - PIONEER RD NE SOUTH TO HOYUM RD NE IS OPEN AND IN GOOD CONDITION 
 
BATTLE TOWNSHIP - BATTLE RD WEST OF PIONEER RD NE TO THE RED LAKE RESERVATION – ALTERNATE ACCESS IS RED LAKE RESERVATION ROAD, PONEMAH ROAD-OPEN BUT WITH POTHOLES AND RUTS
 
 WASKISH TOWNSHIP -LAPORT LN NE OPEN BETWEEN HWY 72 AND WASKISH RD NE- GOOD CONDITION
 
 LANGOR TOWNSHIP - LANET RD NE WEST OF HWY 72 –OPEN 
 
LANGOR TOWNSHIP - HAIBY RD NE BETWEEN STENSON RD AND NEBISH RD- OPEN
 
TURTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP - BEAVER RD BETWEEN BIG LAKE RD AND OTTER RD –OPEN USE CAUTION
  
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - PLOIUM RD NW BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND LAMMERS- REMAINS SIGNED AND USE CAUTION –  ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT EITHER END
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP - TOM JEFFERSON DR NW 1 MILE WEST OF NORTHWOOD RD AT THE S-CURVES-OPEN
 
LAMMERS TOWNSHIP – FLAT BALSAM RD NW BETWEEN BLOM RD AND MEADOW VIEW RD STILL MUDDY BUT PASSABLE
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - SCHROEDER RD NW BETWEEN PLATT RD AND DIVISION ST OPEN-USE CAUTION
 
JONES TOWNSHIP – JONES TOWN HALL RD SW ½ MILE SOUTH OF HWY 2 W POOR CONDITION- USE CAUTION
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW NORTH OF DUNNE RD NW TO PUPOSKY RD NW-USE CAUTION- OPEN
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP - LINDSETH DR NE NORTH OF CARVER RD NE ON SW SIDE OF LAKE BELTRAMI-OPEN
 
QUIRING TOWNSHIP - BLACKDUCK RIVER RD NE OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - KNAPPEN HILL RD NE WEST OF S GULL LAKE RD NE – OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S GULL LAKE RD NE BETWEEN 10837 AND 10355, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF TENSTRIKE- OPEN
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - S. GULL LAKE LOOP NORTH OF KNAPPEN HILL RD –OPEN 
 
PORT HOPE TOWNSHIP - WOODHAVEN LN NE IS OPEN
 
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP -BLACK LAKE RD NE NORTH OF ISLAND VIEW DRIVE – WATER IS RECEDING –BLACK CREEK LN NE AND BITTERSWEET RD NE – IN BETTER CONDITION DUE TO EXTRA GRAVEL
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - HINES RD NE ½ MILE EAST OF HINES –PASSABLE BUT USE CAUTION- STILL MUDDY
 
HINES TOWNSHIP - LOOKOUT TOWER RD NE 1/4 MILE WEST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY AND OTHER AREAS 1-2 MILES WEST- OPEN BUT USE EXTREME CAUTION- SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN
 
SHOOKS TOWNSHIP - WILLOW CREEK RD NOW OPEN
 
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - WERNER RD NW BETWEEN ELVESTERS CT NW TO PUPOSKY ROAD, INCLUDING CAMPBELL LAKE RD AND COMET RD IS PASSABLE BUT ROADWAY IS IN POOR CONDITION- MARKED CAUTION
 
 TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP – CAMPBELL LAKE RD NE AND COMET RD NE –WATER IS RECEDING-MARKED AS CAUTION
 
GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - BALSAM RIDGE RD AT GRANT CREEK IS OPEN, CULVERT REPAIRED
 
HORNET TOWNSHIP – NEAR MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE HAS A SINK HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION, NORTH OF MAESSE SCHOOL RD NE VERY POOR CONDITION
 
GRANT VALLEY – Country View Estates  Rd SW intersection
 
 
   Please continue to update our office with the latest closures and when they are remedied.
 
 
 
FLOOD LINKS- Red River Valley - Thursday, April 07, 2011

 

Greetings- for folks that are interested in helping with filling or stacking sandbags or in other capacities here are the contact numbers for the Moorhead/Fargo area :
Volunteer Center Nemzek MSUM Call Center:  218-299-5300
First Link:  701-476-4000
 
 
You can also go to the Clay County website:  www.co.clay.mn.us  and find all kinds of information on flood related activities. 
The flood effort is ramping up along the Red River so help is appreciated but call first.
 
 
TOWN HALL MEETING- FLOOD PREPAREDNESS - March 24 2011 - Friday, March 11, 2011

 

 

 
PRESS RELEASE- TOWN HALL MEETING PREPARING FOR FLOODS March 11 2011
 
 
            The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, March 24, 2011 from 7 PM- 9 PM on Flood Preparedness.   The meeting will be held at the
Evangelical Covenant Church, located on Hwy 2, west of Bemidj, across from the Amigo Twin Theater. Entry will be the front door to the church.
 
            Topics to be covered include:
-       How to fill a sandbag
-       How to build a dike with sandbags
-       How flood insurance works
-       Resources available for flood events in Beltrami County
 
We urge all of our citizens who are concerned about possible flooding to attend. We welcome all to
attend regardless of what county or area you live in.
 Vendors who would like to discuss what they have to offer in the way of supplies or assistance are also welcome. Please email or call Emergency Management Director Beryl Wernberg at 218-333-320 or beryl.wernberg@co.beltrami.mn.us to be added to the agenda.
 
            Please share this information with your friends and neighbors.
 
Thank you.
 
Mrs. Beryl Wernberg
911 Communications Supervisor/
                        Emergency Management Director
Beltrami County Sheriffs Office
613 Minnesota Ave NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-333-8320 or fax 218-755-9322
beryl.wernberg@co.beltrami.mn.us
 
 
 
 
LOOKING FOR VENDORS PRESS RELEASE - Friday, March 04, 2011

 

beryl.wernberg@co.beltrami.mn.us and state your:

- Business name

-Address

- Contact numbers

- Price is for delivered sand (or if you offer citizens the ability to pick up their own sand-what that price is)

- Price is on your sandbags, if you have them.

In addition, if you have pumps or other equipment for fighting floods available call with that information as well to include rental prices.

This is for local vendors only as we do not want our citizens to have to drive long distances to get supplies.

PRESS RELEASE-Looking for LOCAL vendors who offer sand or sandbags to our citizens March 3 2011

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management is looking for LOCAL vendors within a 75 mile radius of Bemidji who offer sand and/or sandbags for sale. We are updating our list of vendors and want to make sure we have included all who have these products. Please call 333-8320 (leave a message) or email

 
WHO TO CALL FOR FLOOD INSURANCE INFORMATION - Tuesday, March 01, 2011

 

Reminder to consider flood insurance March 1 2011 risk flood hazard area to be eligible for coverage. In fact, more than 20 percent of all claims come from floods that happened in low or moderate floodrisk areas. Find out more about flood insurance and your flood risk online at http://www.floodsmart.gov or call 18883799531.

From the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management, this is a reminder for our citizens that flood insurance must be in effect for 30 days or damages will not be covered. Currently the forecast calls for every major river in Minnesota to overflow. That translates into overland flooding as well and can affect the majority of people in our state. With the high snow content in our area we could potentially face the same problem.

Flood insurance is available to everyone in those communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. Homes and businesses do not have to be in a high

The average cost of a flood insurance premium in Minnesota is about $663 a year – less than $2 a day for financial protection from what could be devastating effects of a flood in a home or business. Flood insurance policies can be purchased for both the property and contents; an insurance agent can tailor a policy to fit specific needs.

PRESS RELEASE

 
WHO TO CALL TO VOLUNTEER in the Red River Valley - Friday, February 25, 2011

 

 

 

 www.co.clay.mn.us and click on the FLOOD LINK.

Volunteer Hotline
701-476-4000

Fargo Information Line
701-476-4199

Moorhead Information Line
218-299-5300

Cass County Emergency Operations
701-297-6000

Clay County Information Line
218-299-5151

Moorhead / Clay County Evacuation Hotline
218-477-4747

West Fargo Hotline
701-433-5400


 
Sandbagging instructions - Friday, February 25, 2011

SANDBAGGING INSTRUCTIONS

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SANDBAGGING INSTRUCTIONS - Friday, February 18, 2011

 For sandbagging instructions go to:

 

 

 

http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/html/offices/op/em/EM_library.htm

 

 

 
Who to call for Red River Valley flood information - Friday, February 18, 2011

WEB SITE - www.co.clay.mn.us

Volunteer Hotline
701-476-4000

Fargo Information Line
701-476-4199

Moorhead Information Line
218-299-5300

Cass County Emergency Operations
701-297-6000

Clay County Information Line
218-299-5151

Moorhead / Clay County Evacuation Hotline
218-477-4747

West Fargo Hotline
701-433-5400

 

 
PRESS RELEASE- Feb 16 2011 Lake accesses, road caution conditions, and flood insurance - Friday, February 18, 2011

Greetings from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management and Boat and Water Division.

We are fielding calls today regarding the state of lake accesses in our area. Due to the melt, they are degrading at a higher rate than we usually would expect in February. We urge the following- before you drive onto the lake, get out and walk the access and onto the ice to see if it is safe. If there is water standing, there could also be a subsequent hole under it to swallow your vehicle (insurance does not usually cover driving into the water). Failure to be cautious can be very hard on a pocketbook. It also would most likely irritate or harm your passengers if they got a cold bath. Use the common sense approach.

The access to Lake Bemidji off of Cameron Park has been closed, effective Wednesday, February 16, 2011, by Order of the Sheriff, due to the unsafe conditions found by our Boat and Water officers. One car became partially submerged today (no injuries) and had to be towed out. Do not attempt access from anywhere in Cameron Park.

The access to Nymore Beach is also weak so extreme caution is urged. However that remains open. Snowmobilers should be particularly concerned about any areas where rivers or creeks flow into lakes.

Water has been reported nearly covering Main Ave in Turtle River between the 200 and 400 block (near the Town Hall in downtown Turtle River). Use caution.

We have another insurance agency to add to the list of those that sell flood insurance in our immediate area and a correction to a phone number. Great Lakes Insurance at 444-4923 sells the insurance and the previously listed phone number for American Family; Bob Sandbo Agency should be 751-9798.

 

PRESS RELEASE – LAKE ACCESSES, ROAD CAUTION CONDITIONS AND FLOOD INSURANCE UPDATES Feb 16 2011

 
PRESS RELEASE- Feb 22 2011 Flood Prep Update - Friday, February 18, 2011

 

PRESS RELEASE- February 11, 2011 Update on Flood Preparation
         
Thanks to our media and folks sharing the information about the need for a list of insurance companies in the Bemidji area who handle flood insurance, we now have a list of agents. Here they are (listed in no particular order and with the information we were given):
 
                        Headwaters Insurance Agency   218-444-2090 
                        Country Insurance   218-444-8320
                        Jerry Downs Insurance   218-751-7737
                        American Family Insurance, Bob Sandbo Agency   218-751-7737
                        IPS Insurance listed in our last press release
 
We welcome any other companies to call and leave your name and number so we can inform our citizens of your agency.
 
Again, plan ahead for flooding issues. Flood insurance needs to be in place 30 days prior to any incident in order to provide coverage.
 
 
FLOOD PREPLANNING JAN 2011 - Friday, January 28, 2011

 

PRESS RELEASE- FLOOD PRE PLANNING AND OTHER INFORMATION Jan 28 2011
 
                Greetings from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management. We would like to update you on our activities and information you need prior to the spring thaw.
                We will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting at a large facility sometime in early March to update all of our citizens on Flood Preparation, Planning and Mitigation. Preplanning meetings are in the works with our various entities to include public works, emergency management, GIS, Environmental Services and others to put together a full portfolio of information for our citizens to prepare for flooding issues this spring. An announcement on where and when that will be held will be forthcoming the first week of February.
                In the meantime, we urge anyone who has even a remote possibility of flooding that would threaten their homes and families to research flood insurance. You must have this insurance policy in place for at least 30 days before you can collect for damages. With the large amount of precipitation we have there is no doubt there will be some flooding issues. B
                Currently, the only insurance company in Beltrami County that offers flood insurance is Insurance Placement Services at 751-2330 (downtown Bemidji).   There are also companies in Fargo, Moorhead, St Paul and other areas some distance from Bemidji that offer the same. If you are a Beltrami County or area insurance agent that offers such policies please contact my office so we can get that information to our citizens. 
                FEMA has a new website called FloodSmart.gov which offers an abundance of information on flooding and insurance agents as well as other information. We urge our citizens to peruse that site for information.
                On another note, the large amount of snow we have been blessed with this winter has obstructed the view of 911 address signs in our area. Please take a minute to clear the snow from around your sign so that it is easy to see for our emergency responders. 
                Stay tuned for further updates. We will be posting information on our Beltrami County Emergency Management website at http://emergencymanagement.co.beltrami.mn.us/  and will be sending out regular news updates as needed.