City safety guide

Kanpur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Kanpur, the industrial city on the south bank of the Ganga, has crowded wholesale markets, tanneries and small factories inside residential lanes, and a river that rises every monsoon. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the 10 fire stations of Kanpur Nagar district and the main local hazards on one page, with dated incidents from the city.

Checked 22 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

1070 UP Rahat HelplineState relief helpline for floods and other disasters 1090 Women HelplineMahila Shakti Line 1098 Child HelplineFor a child in distress

112: Uttar Pradesh's single emergency number; ask for fire or ambulance help if you need it · 101: Fire brigade; a state-wide number · 108: State-wide number; 102 is the ambulance line for pregnant women · 100: Also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Kanpur 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.

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Checked 22 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

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Local risks in Kanpur

Wholesale market and tower fires

At about 2 am on 31 March 2023 a fire that began in AR Tower, Bansmandi, spread through four towers and gutted at least 500 shops; goods and cash worth around Rs 100 crore were reported lost, and engines had to come from Lucknow and nearby districts. On 12 November 2025, around 4 am, hundreds of shops at Bakarganj market in Babupurwa were destroyed, with high flames and dense smoke slowing the firefighters.

Factories inside residential lanes

At about 3.30 am on 21 May 2026 a cardboard factory run from a rented house in Saket Nagar caught fire, and six of the 12 gas cylinders stored there burst one after another; nine fire vehicles from five stations needed about five hours to bring it under control. Nobody died only because the unit was shut for the night.

Tannery fires in Jajmau

On the afternoon of 17 March 2026 flammable material caught fire in the spray section of a tannery at Nai Chungi, Jajmau, apparently from a short circuit. The workers ran out and one fire tender controlled it, but the area has many such units close together.

Fire in homes and tight lanes

A house near Swaroop Nagar caught fire early on 7 September 2026, and flames and toxic smoke blocked the front door; firefighters used ladders to bring three people down from the second floor and moved others to the next rooftop. Nobody died, but it shows how much a blocked stair costs.

Ganga floods

By the evening of 17 August 2025 the Ganga stood at 113.08 m against a danger mark of 113 m, water had entered 22 localities, and power was cut to about 3,000 homes along the river as a precaution. The administration put 30 boats in service.

Ganga ghats in summer heat

On 24 May 2024 three children aged 6, 10 and 6 drowned at Aakin Ghat in Bilhaur while cooling off in a heatwave, and locals said there were no depth signboards. On 12 June 2025 a man at the Ganga Barrage in Nawabganj drowned along with his 10-year-old nephew after going in to help him.

Fire stations in Kanpur

10 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Bilhaur Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Bilhaur	Call 101
Colonel Ganj Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Colonel Ganj	Call9454418397
Fajalganj Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Fajalganj	Call 101
Ghatampur Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Ghatampur	Call9454418403
Jajmau Tannery Area Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Jajmau Tannery Area	Call9454418405
Kidwai Nagar Sabzi Mandi Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Kidwai Nagar Sabzi Mandi	Call9454418407
Latoosh Road Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Latoosh Road	Call9454418399
Meerpur Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Meerpur	Call 101
Narwal Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Narwal	Call7839864820
Panki Industrial Area Fire Station	Kanpur Nagar district · Panki Industrial Area	Call 101

The 10 fire stations of Kanpur Nagar district, as on the state fire service's list last reviewed in December 2024. Four rows share two numbers, so they show no phone. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101 and 108 in your phone today. When you call, give the market or lane name, a landmark and the floor, and send someone to the main road to guide the fire tenders.
If you run a shop in a market or tower, keep passages clear, switch off the mains at night and do not stack goods in the stairwell. The fire engine needs a way in as well as you need a way out.
Do not run a workshop or store LPG cylinders in a rented house with people sleeping next door. Keep cylinders outside, away from stock, and leave at once if you hear a blast.

In a tannery or other unit with chemicals or spray areas, keep an extinguisher at the door and train every shift to use it. Call 101 before the fire grows, not after.
When the Ganga rises, move to higher ground early and keep out of floodwater. Never bathe at a ghat without a depth sign, and never jump in after someone; throw a rope or a floating can and call 112.
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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Kanpur at a glance

Fire stations: 10 in Kanpur Nagar district, from Colonel Ganj and Latoosh Road to Jajmau and Panki
Area: 3,155 sq km district on the south bank of the Ganga, about 80 km west of Lucknow
Old fire service: One of the five KAVAL towns (Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow) whose fire services the state took over on 26 July 1944
Police: Kanpur Nagar has its own Police Commissionerate
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, state relief helpline 1070