Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaAnantapur, officially Ananthapuramu, is a large city in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh and one of the driest parts of the country. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station listed for the city and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from Anantapur.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. Works from any phone · 101: The state fire department lists 101 for fire emergencies. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the medical helpline on the Ananthapuramu district page. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed by the state fire department as the police number. Also reachable through 112
Print the Anantapur 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 Anantapur 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
In the early hours of a Sunday in August 2022, a three storey commercial complex in Uma Nagar burnt for nearly six hours, with four fire tenders and 40 personnel at work. A cylinder in a hotel kitchen on the ground floor burst and fed the fire, and the loss was estimated at about Rs 6 crore, though nobody was hurt.
At about 4.45 am on 2 September 2021, a new hypermarket near JNTU caught fire hours before its opening. A short circuit was suspected, the fire reached shelves of sanitisers, oils and detergents, and the loss was put at above Rs 50 lakh.
In the early hours of a Monday in April 2024, a godown on Gutti Road in the city caught fire and fire tenders were sent to put it out. No one was hurt, and the cause was not known at the time.
Records quoted in news reports show an annual average rainfall of about 552 mm, among the lowest in the country, and the district has been drought prone for over a century. Water shortage and dry fields shape daily safety here.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Anantapuramu | Anantapur district · D.No. 11-103, Near Judge Residence, Opp. Government Hospital, Anantapuramu | Call08554-220299 |
Station name, address and landline listed for Anantapur district by the state fire department, checked on 15 November 2026. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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