Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaBardhaman, also written Burdwan, is the district headquarters of Purba Bardhaman, with paddy fields all around and a belt of sponge iron and rice mills nearby. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the official fire stations and the main local risks on one page.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. Works from any phone · 101: The state fire service number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: The national ambulance number. A West Bengal district website lists it with 102. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Bardhaman 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 Bardhaman 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 September 2024, after more than a week of heavy releases from the Damodar reservoirs, more than 1,000 sq km were flooded across six districts, Purba Bardhaman among them. The state called it the biggest flood in the Lower Damodar area since 2009.
On the night of 9 June 2025, a boiler exploded during melting at a sponge iron factory at Palitpur, in the Dewandighi police station area. Part of the ceiling collapsed, one truck driver died and eleven workers were taken to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.
On 17 November 2016, a fire started in a transformer in one unit of a sponge iron factory at Palitpur, with about 1,200 workers and six units. Six fire tenders were used, the flames spread to two more units, and several workers fell ill from smoke.
On 24 and 25 July 2025, lightning strikes across West Bengal killed at least 19 people, six of them in Purba Bardhaman. Many of those hit were working in farmland when the storm struck, including a man helping thresh paddy.
2 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Burdwan Fire Station | Purba Bardhaman · Bhangakuthi, G.T. Road, Rajbati | Call0342-2656203 |
| Bhatar Fire Station | Purba Bardhaman · Sebagram, near Tematha Fire Brigade More | Call0342-232261 |
Stations are from the West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services list opened on 15 November 2026. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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