Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaKakinada is a port city on the Bay of Bengal coast in Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, and the Puducherry enclave of Yanam lies about 23 km to its south. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the seven fire stations of the district and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples.
Checked 28 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. If a service line does not connect, call 112 · 101: State fire service number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Ambulance number. For any medical emergency, call 112 first · 100: Police number, also reachable through 112
Print the Kakinada 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 Kakinada 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 28 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Cyclone Arnab made landfall near Yanam and Kakinada from late 27 October into 28 October 2026, as we cover in a case study; these facts are as of 28 October and the toll is still settling. A few hundred trees and fewer than 100 electric poles came down in the district, the coastal Uppada road was washed away, and police pulled people out of floodwater near Bombay Katta.
For Arnab the forecast was a surge of 1 to 1.5 m above normal tide, likely to flood low-lying areas, and the Anchorage Port godowns were reported flooded by rain and seawater with power lost. When Cyclone Montha came ashore near Kakinada on 28 October 2025, an 8 km beach road between Kakinada and Uppada was damaged.
The district's own disaster page calls Kakinada a regular victim of multiple disasters, such as a cyclone followed by floods, and adds that cutting mangroves worsens coastal erosion. The 1839 Coringa cyclone destroyed the old Coringa port with a surge estimated at 40 feet, which shows what this shore can face.
On 28 February 2026 an explosion at the Surya Sri firework unit in Vetlapalem village, Samarlakota mandal, killed about 20 workers. The village had poor road connectivity, which delayed the fire tenders, so units on field tracks can wait a long time for help.
7 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Kakinada | Kakinada area · Jawhar Street, Salipeta, Kakinada | Call0884-2374571 |
| Jagannaickpur | Jagannaickpur area · Near Church Square, Jagannaickpur | Call0884-2374592 |
| Peddapuram | Peddapuram area · Opp LIC Building, Peddapuram | Call08852-241299 |
| Prathipadu | Prathipadu area · Thota Veedhi, beside Govt Hospital, Prathipadu | Call08868-246709 |
| Jaggampeta | Jaggampeta area · Gokavaram Road, near Saibaba Temple, Jaggampeta | Call0885-2233388 |
| Pithapuram | Pithapuram area · Radhalapeta, Pithapuram | Call08869-251501 |
| Tuni | Tuni area · Rani subdrammapeta, Main Road, Tuni | Call08854-253601 |
The state fire station list for Kakinada district has seven stations, shown here with their office lines. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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