Find the latest wildfire details - including links to the Ready, Set, Go evacuation map, and air quality information on our July 2026 Wildfire emergency page.

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July 2026 Lightning Wildfires

Numerous wildfires continue to burn in northern St. Louis County. The Sheriff's Office and Emergency Management division are assisting the U.S. Forest Service, MN Department of Natural Resources, and numerous local fire departments in responding to these fires. The Ready, Set, Go Evacuation map is activated and anyone in affected areas should be aware and ready to follow instructions as needed.

Air quality is a concern throughout the region due to the wildfire smoke. St. Louis County Public Health is coordinating with area partners to provide safe places for people needing to evacuate and/or find indoor public locations with good air quality.

St. Louis County Evacuation Zone Map

Air Quality Info & Relief Sites

Evacuation Instructions

 

Headlines

Sheriff's Office receives fire suppression tool from area Masons Read more

Sheriff's Office receives fire suppression tool from area Masons

Two local Masonic Lodges will be donating 10 portable fire suppression tools to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office to help deputies and the people they are trying to save. The fire suppression tools, generously donated by the Glen Avon Lodge and Euclid Lodge, will be presented to the Sheriff's Office on Thursday, February 8, at 1 p.m., at the Masonic Center of Duluth, 4 West 2nd Street. 

St. Louis County Sheriff's Office offers Citizens' Academy on Iron Range Read more

St. Louis County Sheriff's Office offers Citizens' Academy on Iron Range

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is bringing back its popular Citizens' Academy, this time for residents in northern St. Louis County. The Citizens' Academy provides a unique inside look at the Sheriff's Office and how it operates. The seven-week course begin March 19 and will be offered Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m., as well as one Saturday session.  Any St. Louis County resident ages 18 or older may apply. Applicants will be required to pass a criminal background check. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2024. To learn more or to apply, visit stlouiscountymn.gov/sheriff, or contact Sgt. Adam Kleffman at 218-726-2371 or KleffmanA2@stlouiscountymn.gov.
Male stuck by tree Read more

Male stuck by tree

On February 3, 2024 at approximately 1117 hours, area first responders and law enforcement responded to the report of a male who’d been struck by a falling tree at a recreational property located approximately 10 miles north of Chisholm. The 66-year old victim had been clearing trees while seated on a tractor and was transported by ambulance to Fairview Range Hospital in Hibbing with what are believed to be serious injuries.

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Emergency Management 

The role of emergency management is to protect lives, property, and environment from natural and/or human-made disasters through preparation, mitigation, response and recovery and to maximize the protection and promotion of public safety, health and welfare during large-scale emergencies. Emergency Management is a division of St. Louis County run out of the Sheriff office.
 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness 

Emergency Preparedness is a unit based out of the department of Public Health responsible for mass care during emergencies in the county. In a public health emergency, we partner with staff from St. Louis County Emergency Management. Together, we work on coordinating temporary shelter locations, organizing and conducting the mass dispensing of vaccines or medicines to the community, sharing information, and providing other public health resources.

Contacts

In emergency or to file a report, call or text 911.

Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Division 218-625-3960

Scott Lesnau, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Email

Grace Elmudesi, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planner Email