City safety guide

Ambala Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Ambala is a cantonment and railway junction city in north Haryana, with a busy Cloth Market in the old city and Chandigarh and Punjab close by. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations we could find and the main local risks on one page, including the Dhulkot building collapse of September 2026.

Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

1incidents covered

6deaths reported

12injured reported

112Emergency 112Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

1073 Traffic Control RoomFor road and traffic problems 1091 Women HelplineFor women in distress 0171-2553520 Superintendent of Police, AmbalaOffice of the district police chief. For an emergency call 112 or 100 first

112: Haryana's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 112: In Haryana fire calls are taken through 112, which took over the old 101 line · 108: Health department ambulance. Call 112 if 108 does not connect · 100: Also reachable through 112

Printable Ambala emergency card: A4 sheet with national and local emergency numbers and cut-out wallet cards

Take these numbers with you

Print the Ambala emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Ambala fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.

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Checked 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Ambala

Ambala Dhulkot building collapse: six died as investigators examine construction safety27 Sep 2026 · 6 dead · 12 injured

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Local risks in Ambala

Building collapse during concrete work

On the afternoon of 27 September 2026, a building under construction collapsed at Dhulkot while workers were on or around a slab. Six people died and 12 were injured, and a special investigation team was formed. Accounts differ on which floor was being cast and the cause is not yet established. We cover it in a case study.

Monsoon floods

In July 2023, about 1,354 places in 12 Haryana districts, Ambala among them, were reported flooded, and the state issued a flood alert for the first time. An early government estimate put the losses at over Rs 500 crore across the state.

Old buildings with homes above shops

Ambala's Cloth Market is said to be the biggest textile market in the region. We have no dated Ambala market fire in our records, so the lesson comes from Arki in Himachal Pradesh, 87 km away, where fire spread through an old four-storey wooden building with shops below and families above on 12 January 2026, and 10 people died.

Fire stations in Ambala

3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Ambala City Fire Station	Ambala district · Ambala City	Call 101
Ambala Cantt Fire Station	Ambala district · Ambala Cantt	Call 101
Naraingarh Fire Station	Ambala district · Naraingarh	Call 101

Station names for Ambala district. The list we found is undated and shows no phone numbers. In an emergency, call 112 first.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112 and 100 in your phone today. In Haryana a fire call goes through 112. We could not confirm a separate Ambala fire control room number, so call 112 for a fire.
If you are building or repairing a house, ask who has checked the shuttering and props before each slab is poured, and keep workers off and away from the slab while the concrete is wet. If a prop shifts, tilts or cracks, everyone leaves the area first and the engineer is called.
After a collapse, do not dig into unstable debris with your hands. Call 112, give the exact lane and landmark, and keep the road clear for ambulances and rescue vehicles.

Shopkeepers in the old city should keep stacked cloth and cartons away from wiring and meter boards, get the wiring checked every year, and keep a key with someone who can be reached at night.
If you live above a shop, know your second way out. Never keep LPG cylinders in a shop or a stairwell, and keep a torch and a cloth next to the bed.
Cool the burn under cool, clean running water for 20 minutes. Even 10 minutes helps if that's all you can manage. No ice, toothpaste, oil or butter.

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Ambala at a glance

District area and population: 1,569 sq km; 11,28,350 people (Census 2011)
Fire stations: Three on the state list: Ambala City, Ambala Cantt and Naraingarh
Dhulkot collapse: 27 September 2026; six dead and 12 injured; cause not yet established
Police lines: 112 emergency, 100 control room, 1073 traffic, 1091 women
Emergency system: Dial 112 for police, fire and health