Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaJoshimath, also called Jyotirmath, is the mountain town in Chamoli district where the Badrinath road meets the road to Auli, with Gopeshwar, the district headquarters, about 28 km away. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the area.
Checked 2 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Uttarakhand single emergency number for police, fire, ambulance and disaster calls · 101: State fire brigade number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: The district portal lists 102 and 108. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112
Print the Joshimath (Jyotirmath) 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 Joshimath (Jyotirmath) 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 2 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 30 October 2026 a helicopter flying from the Badrinath helipad to Dehradun crashed in a forest near Chai village, about an hour after take-off, and the pilot and five pilgrims died. No official cause has been published, and we cover it in a case study.
In January 2023 houses cracked across Joshimath, and by 10 January 678 homes were affected and more than 200 marked unsafe. The town was declared a landslide-subsidence zone and families were moved to relief centres, and the road to Marwari is still being restored.
On 7 February 2021 a glacier fall sent a flash flood down the Rishi Ganga about 10.45 am, destroying a hydro project at Raini and blocking the Tapovan tunnel. Bridges on the Joshimath highway were washed away, and early reports spoke of about 150 missing.
More than 30,000 pilgrims a day were reported at Badrinath in May 2026, and the Joshimath to Marwari stretch runs on a gate system with stops of up to 1.5 hours. On 29 July 2026 the Char Dham yatra was suspended after rain and landslides, with debris blocking the Badrinath highway near Bhanerpani.
The district portal describes complex folds, reverse faults and frequent earthquakes in Chamoli, and calls the region still unstable. Landslides, tremors and cracked slopes are part of life here, so warnings need to be taken early.
2 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Joshimath Fire Station | Chamoli district · Joshimath | Call01389-222030 |
| Gopeshwar Fire Station | Chamoli district · Gopeshwar | Call01372-252305 |
Two stations are listed for Chamoli district, at Joshimath and at Gopeshwar, about 28 km away. The lines are department office numbers with no street address. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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