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Jabalpur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Jabalpur has factories and ordnance units inside the city, busy private hospitals, and the Narmada, which rises fast when Bargi dam opens its gates. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Jabalpur.

Checked 20 Oct 2026 against official sources. Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

112: Dial 112 is Madhya Pradesh's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 108: The police page also lists 102 · 100: Also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Jabalpur emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers. This guide has no local numbers yet, so there are blank lines to write your local fire station, police station and nearest hospital, and your family contacts.

Download city emergency card (PDF, 0.8 MB, opens in a new tab) Save as phone picture (WebP, 52 KB, made for a phone lock screen)

Checked 20 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Jabalpur

Jabalpur Parle-G Factory Fire, Richhai: No Casualties Reported, Stock and Machines Lost; Cause Under Investigation19 Oct 2026 · 0 dead · 0 injured

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Local risks in Jabalpur

Factories inside the city

The district environment plan names Richhai, Adhartal and Hargad as industrial areas inside city limits. On 19 October 2026, a fire at the Parle-G biscuit factory in Richhai needed more than 20 fire vehicles and help from nearby factories, with no deaths reported.

Ordnance factory blasts at Khamaria

On 22 October 2024, an explosion during a warhead boil-out at Ordnance Factory Khamaria killed two workers and injured about a dozen others. Residents 4 to 5 km away felt tremors like an earthquake.

Private hospital fires

On 1 August 2022, a fire at the New Life Multi-Speciality Hospital near Damoh Naka killed eight people, four of them patients. The hospital had no fire-safety NOC, and four doctors and the manager were booked for culpable homicide.

Narmada and Bargi dam releases

When Bargi dam opens many gates, the Narmada rises 8 to 12 feet downstream, and sirens sound at Gwarighat, Tilwara Ghat and Bhedaghat. It happened in August 2024, with 17 of 21 gates open, and again in August 2026, with 13 gates.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101 and 108 in your phone today. We could not confirm a Jabalpur fire control room landline on an official page, so call 101 or 112.
If you work in Richhai, Adhartal or Hargad, learn two ways out of your shed and keep them clear, because packing material and oil spread a fire quickly.
Near Khamaria, a loud blast can shake houses 4 to 5 km away. Move to open ground, keep away from glass, and call 112 instead of heading towards the site.

Before admitting a family member to a private hospital, look for marked exits, working extinguishers and clear corridors; during smoke, leave by the stairs, never the lift.
When Bargi dam gates are opened and sirens sound, stay off the banks at Gwarighat, Tilwara Ghat and Bhedaghat, and do not bathe, boat or take photos at the water's edge.
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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Jabalpur at a glance

District area: 5,211 sq km (Jabalpur district)
Population: 24,63,289 (Census 2011, Jabalpur district)
Industrial areas in the city: Richhai, Adhartal and Hargad, as named in the district environment plan
Hospital fire: 1 August 2022: eight killed at New Life Multi-Speciality Hospital
Emergency system: Madhya Pradesh's Dial 112; the district lists 101 for fire and 108 for ambulance