Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaKoppal is the headquarters of Koppal district in north Karnataka, with a cluster of steel, cement and other factories around the town. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station name and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the area.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Karnataka's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Listed as Fire Station on the Koppal district website · 108: Listed as 102/108 on the Koppal district website. Also reachable through 112 · 100: Listed as Police Control Room on the Koppal district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Koppal 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On the afternoon of Monday 20 May 2024, a fire that began in a paint shop on Railway Station Road in Koppal spread to nearby shops dealing mostly in construction material. More than 10 shops were gutted, and government and private fire tenders and municipal water tankers worked for over three hours. No casualties were reported.
A March 2025 report counted 33 medium, large and ultra large factories in Koppal district, and 22 of them are in the pollution board's red category. Residents of villages within about 7 km of the town complain of soot, fly ash and breathing trouble, and some are asking for the units to be shut or the town to be moved.
On 27 August 2014, heavy rain lasted most of the day and stormwater drains across Koppal town overflowed, hitting vehicle movement. Rainwater also gushed into farmland in villages of the taluk such as Bisarahalli, Hiresindogi, Kataraki and Alavandi.
On the night of 10 August 2024, the chain of the 19th crest gate of the Tungabhadra dam snapped and about 35,000 cusec of water suddenly rushed into the river. The Koppal district in-charge minister visited the dam in the early hours of the next day, and water was released through all 33 gates from Sunday morning, around one lakh cusec at one stage.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Koppal Fire Station | Koppal · Koppal | Call 101 |
Station names only; no station phone numbers were found. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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