St. Louis County (MN)

Law Enforcement Agencies

• St. Louis County Sheriffs Office
  • St. Louis County Sheriffs Office Website
• 1854 Treaty Authority
• Babbitt Police
  • Babbitt Police Department Website
• Chisholm Police
  • Chisholm Police Department Website
• Duluth Police
  • Duluth Police Department Website
• Ely Police
  • Ely Police Department Website
• Eveleth Police
  • Eveleth Public Safety Website
• Floodwood Police
  • Floodwood Police Department Website
• Gilbert Police
  • Gilbert Police Department Website
• Hermantown Police
  • Hermantown Police Department Website
• Hibbing Police
  • Hibbing Police Department Website
• Hoyt Lakes Police
• Proctor Police
• University of MN - Duluth Police
  • University of Minnesota Duluth Police Department
• Virginia Police

Law Enforcement Radio ID's

Unit ID	Usage
S200	SCSO Day Supervisor
S201	SCSO Night Supervisor
S200's	SCSO South
S445	SCSO Duluth Twsp.
S450-S459	Floodwood Police
S470-S479	Hermantown Police
S480-S489	Proctor Police
S490-S499	Fond Du Lac Police
S600's	SLC Rescue Squad Specialized Units
S7100's	SLC Rescue Squad Personnel

Fire Department

• Duluth Air National Guard
• Alborn Fire
• Arrowhead Fire
• Aurora Fire
• Babbit Fire
  • Babbit Emergency Services Website
• Biwabik Fire
  • Biwabik Fire Department Website
• Brevator Fire
• Brimson Fire
• Cansoia Fire
• Clifton Fire
• Chisholm Fire
  • Chisholm Fire Department Website
• Cook Fire
  • Cook Emergency Services Website
• Cotton Fire
• Culver Fire
• Department of Natural Resources Fire
• Duluth Fire
  • Duluth Fire Department Website
• Ellsburg Fire
• Ely Fire
  • Ely Fire Department Website
• Eveleth Fire
  • Eveleth Fire Department Website
• Floodwood Fire
  • Floodwood Fire Department Website
• Fredenberg Fire
• Gilbert Fire
  • Gilbert Fire Department Website
• Gnesen Fire
• Grand Lake Fire
• Hermantown Fire
  • Hermantown Fire Department Website
• Hibbing Fire
  • Hibbing Fire Department Website
• Hoyt Lakes Fire
• Industrial Fire
• Lakewood Fire
• Meadowlands Fire
• Normanna Fire
• North Star Fire
• Northland Volunteer Fire
• Pequaywan Fire
• Proctor Fire
• Rice Lake Fire
• Solway Fire
• St. Louis County Rescue Squad
• Tower Fire
• Virginia Fire
  • Virginia Fire Department Website

Duluth Fire Unit ID's

Unit ID	Location/Station
Squad 251	Asst. Chief, Headquarters
1 Engine	Headquarters
1 Tower	Headquarters
Rescue 1	Headquarters
2 Engine	Lincoln Park
3 Engine	Headquarters
4 Quint	UMD
5 Engine	Park Point
6 Engine	Lakeside
7 Engine	Miller Hill
8 Engine	West Duluth
8 Truck	West Duluth
10 Engine	Gary New Duluth
10 Truck	Gary New Duluth
11 Engine	Woodland

Alerting

Duluth Fire uses DTMF based Station Alerting, the code being station specific (DTMF 401: Headquarters, DMTF 407: Station 7, ...).

The following 1s/3s two-tone pages are also used:

• Supervisory Personnel 422.1 Hz 349.0 Hz
• Fire Investigators 422.1 Hz 496.8 Hz

Emergency Medical Services

• Babbit Ambulance (BLS)
  • Babbit Emergency Services Website
• Biwabik Fire (BLS)
  • Biwabik Ambulance Service Website
• Bois Forte Ambulance (BLS)
• Buhl Ambulance (BLS)
• Chisholm Ambulance (BLS)
  • Chisholm Ambulance Service Website
• Cloquet Fire (ALS)
• Cook Area Ambulance (BLS)
  • Cook Emergency Services Website
• Ely Area Ambulance (BLS)
• Eveleth Ambulance (BLS)
  • Eveleth Fire Department Website
• Floodwood Ambulance (BLS)
• Gold Cross Ambulance - Duluth (ALS)
  • Mayo Clinic Medical Transport Website
• Hibbing Ambulance (ALS)
  • Hibbing Fire Department Website
• Life Link III - Hibbing (Helicopter)
  • Life Link III Website
• Hoyt Lakes Fire (BLS)
• Meadowlands Ambulance (BLS)
• Orr Ambulance (BLS)
• Tower Area Volunteer Ambulance (BLS)
• Virginia Fire Deparment (ALS)
  • Virginia Fire Department Website

Gold Cross EMS Units

Unit ID	Primary Post/Role
302	West Duluth
303	West Duluth
304	West Duluth
305	Superior, WI
307	Hawthorne, WI
308	Office Crew
310	Transfer Crew
311	Event Crew
312	Event Crew
320	Medical Director

The Downtown Duluth Station was closed September 2009. To provide coverage, a crew is posted downtown, usually staying at the hospital after a call. Crews are rotated every few hours to this post, known as Zone 4.

Weekdays 10am-1pm 305 posts Downtown, and 307 moves to Superior to cover. From 7-10pm 307 posts downtown with the Superior Crew covering Douglas County.

308 is made up of Paramedics that work in administration in the office. During very busy times they will respond to calls until other crews become available.

Duluth Harbor

The Duluth/Superior Harbor sees about 1,100 ships a year with about 45 million net tons moving through this port annually, specifically, Coal, Wheat, Barley and Taconite. It is the busiest port on the Grat Lakes and the 15th busiest in the nation. Railroad Operations are aplenty, with frequency information in the Minnesota Railroad Wiki Article. Maritime Frequency information below...

Marine Ch #	Frequency	Usage
06	156.3000	Safety, navigation, search & rescue.
08	156.4000	Commercial business traffic.
10	156.5000	Commercial business traffic.
12	156.6000	Bridges, locks & dams.
14	156.7000	Bridges, locks & dams.
16	156.8000	USCG, Hailing Channel, safety & distress.
18	156.9000	Harbor tugs.
20	157.0000	Bridges, locks & dams.
22	157.1000	Coast Guard.
26	157.3000	General use, & Great Lakes WX,
	161.9000	Encoded MAFOR & LAWEB.
28	157.4000	General use & Great Lakes WX
68	156.4250	Recreation boats, charters etc.

Duluth Harbor Links

• AIS/Marine Information
• Duluth Shipping News
  • Duluth Shipping News is the premier source of information regarding the daily operations of the Duluth/Superior harbor, including ships coming and going from the harbor.
• Duluth Shipping News Twitter Feed
• Duluth/Superior Port Authority Website

ARMER Migration

• Status - Planning to Migrate to ARMER
• Sites and Status:

Site ID	Site Name	Status	Lat.	Long.	FCC	CC 1	CC 2
5-030	Elmer		47.03429N	92.55091W	WQKP286
5-031	Sax - Little Swan		47.15509N	92.40545W	WQKS344
5-032	Arrowhead		46.50022N	92.42543W	WQKP286	851.4750
5-043	Duluth Simulcast		46.47255N	92.06508W		856.4625	852.4875
5-065	Shaw		47.05488N	92.20343W	WQKS344	857.4375
5-066	Mirror Lake Look Out		46.58300N	92.10360W
5-067	Molde		47.01099N	91.49599W
5-078	Ely		47.54030N	91.48540W
5-079	Argo Lake		47.41197N	91.54236W
5-080	Soudan		47.50377N	92.09316W
5-081	Line Lake	File:ARMER.jpg	47.09268N	92.05010W
5-082	Palo		47.22530N	92.08292W	WQKS344
5-083	Brimson		47.20428N	91.50458W
5-084	Chisholm North		47.39045N	92.51546W	WQKS344
5-085	Virginia - Midway Simulcast		47.29143N	92.31122W		852.9500
5-086	Erie Hill		47.35360N	92.13459W
5-087	Idington		47.43340N	92.37182W
5-088	Vermillion Dam		47.58116N	92.28376W
5-089	Gheen New		47.58435N	92.49488W
5-090	Crane Lake		48.13045N	92.28116W
5-091	Elephant Lake		48.10474N	92.45010W
5-092	Meander Lake		48.07151N	92.09384W
5-093	Kabetogama		48.21177N	93.00346W

Trunked Radio Systems

• Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) - 800 MHz Project 25 Phase I
• Great River Energy - UHF Motorola Type II SmartZone OmniLink
• Duluth Superior Communications - UHF LTR Standard

Recommended Scanning

VHF

Frequency	Tone	Usage
155.5950	151.4 PL	Duluth Police 1
155.6400	151.4 PL	Duluth Police 2
155.4150	173.8 PL	St. Louis Sheriff South
154.3100	203.5 PL	Duluth Fire Dispatch
155.9550		St. Louis County Fire/EMS South
153.7700	203.5 PL	St. Louis County Fire/EMS North
155.6550		St. Louis County Sheriff Midway
158.7750	173.8 PL	St. Louis County Sheriff North
155.2800	203.5 PL	Gold Cross Ambualnce - Duluth
155.5800	156.7 PL	Hibbing Police
155.3550	141.3 PL	Duluth Regional EMS
154.6800	110.9 PL	MSP Virginia Dispatch

UHF

• LifeLink III uses Duluth Superior Communications LTR TRS for their rotor wing operation based out of Hibbing.

ARMER

TGID	Usage
36500	State Patrol Duluth
37300	Duluth Police 1 (Simulcast of 155.5950)
37801	St. Louis County Sheriff SOuth Main (Simulcast of 155.4150)

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