Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaKallakurichi is the headquarters town of Kallakurichi district in northern Tamil Nadu, on the Thenpennai river belt below the Sathanur dam. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the nine district fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from Cyclone Fengal and from a firecracker shop blast in the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: National emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. Works from any phone · 101: Listed as Fire and Rescue on the Kallakurichi district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the accident help line on the Kallakurichi district website, which also lists 102 as the ambulance help line. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed as the police control room on the Kallakurichi district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Kallakurichi 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 Kallakurichi 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.
During the Cyclone Fengal rain of late November and early December 2024, Kallakurichi district recorded about 32 cm at Thirupalapandal and about 31 cm at Madampoondi. Crops on about 1.29 lakh hectares were under water across Villupuram, Kallakurichi and Tiruvannamalai districts.
On 1 December 2024 a flood alert was issued for people living along the Thenpennai banks, including in Kallakurichi. The Sathanur dam upstream was releasing about 9,500 cubic feet per second through 11 gates, and people in riverbank villages were asked to move to safer places.
On 26 October 2021, just before Diwali, a sudden blast set off the crackers stocked at a shop in Sankarapuram town. At least five people died, five injured people were taken to the Kallakurichi government hospital, and fire tenders came from Sankarapuram and Kallakurichi.
Kallakurichi has a maximum temperature of about 39 degrees Celsius and a minimum of about 21 degrees. Annual rain is about 1,070 mm, brought by both the northeast and southwest monsoons.
9 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Kallakurichi FS | Kallakurichi District · Kallakurichi | Call04151-222101 |
| Ulundurpet FS | Kallakurichi District · Ulundurpet | Call04149-222349 |
| Thirukovilur FS | Kallakurichi District · Thirukovilur | Call04153-252399 |
| Chinnasalem FS | Kallakurichi District · Chinnasalem | Call04151-256101 |
| Thiyagadurugam FS | Kallakurichi District · Thiyagadurugam | Call04151-252101 |
| Thirunavalur FS | Kallakurichi District · Thirunavalur | Call04149-224102 |
| Sankarapuram FS | Kallakurichi District · Sankarapuram | Call04151-254235 |
| Rishivandiyam FS | Kallakurichi District · Rishivandiyam | Call04151-220101 |
| Nainarpalayam FS | Kallakurichi District · Nainarpalayam | Call04151-233101 |
These are the 9 fire stations of Kallakurichi district on the state fire service list read on 15 November 2026. Several, such as Ulundurpet and Thirukovilur, are far from the town. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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