REGIONAL- Forty of the county’s 75 unorganized townships, or portions of them, depend on nearby city or township fire departments for fire protection and/or first responders. Responsibility for ensuring that coverage rests with St. Louis County, which assesses a levy on property owners in those areas that is passed on to a fire department contracted to serve that area.
County commissioners determined the amounts each contracting department will get for 2024 on Tuesday, with a total levied dollar amount of $698,231.
Contracted North Country departments, assigned townships, and levy dollar amounts include:
City of Babbitt: 61-12 and 61-13, $77,985.
City of Cook: 62-17 and 63-17, $20,000.
City of Cook: 60-19 and 60-20, $45,427.
Embarrass Region Volunteer Fire Department: 61-14, $6,645.
Greenwood Township Volunteer Fire Department: 63-15, $11,000.
Lake Kabetogama Area Fire Department: 67-20, 67-21, 68-19, 68-20, 68-21 and 69-19, $40,000.
Morse-Fall Lake Rural Protection Association: 63-14, 64-12, 64-13, 65-13 and 65-14 $32,643.
City of Orr: 63-19, and various portions of 63-21, 64-21, $12,821.
Pike-Sandy-Britt Volunteer Fire Dept: 59-16 and 60-18, $58,943.