Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaChikkamagaluru is the district headquarters of Chikkamagaluru district in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, a coffee town with hill forests, Mullayanagiri and the Charmadi Ghat road nearby. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Karnataka's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 112: The Chikkamagaluru district website lists Fire as 112 · 108: Listed as Ambulance on the Chikkamagaluru district website. Also reachable through 112 · 100: Listed as Police on the Chikkamagaluru district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Chikkamagaluru 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 Chikkamagaluru 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 March 2026, a wildfire burned for two days in the Muthodi forest range, inside the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary area. In January 2025, fires tore through forest at Charmadi Ghat twice in a week, and in March 2024 a fire ravaged hills near Dattapeeth.
On 2 August 2026, the Tunga was in spate and flood water entered Sringeri town after heavy rain across Sringeri, Koppa and Mudigere. In May 2025, two cars fell into a stream near Banakal in Mudigere taluk, and in July 2022 a school girl was washed away in floods in the district.
On 4 November 2023, a tourist bus fell into a forest trench near Cheekanahalli Cross in Mudigere taluk after the driver lost control while negotiating a curve. A woman died and five others were seriously hurt.
In the early hours of 1 June 2020, a fire broke out at a tyre shop at NMC Circle on IG Road in Chikkamagaluru and took fire crews about three hours to put out. Thick smoke caused panic in the area, and a few items in an office on the third floor were damaged too.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Chikkamagaluru Fire Station | Chikkamagaluru · Chikkamagaluru | Call 101 |
Station name only; no station phone number was found. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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