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Kupwara Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Q: What are the emergency numbers in Kupwara?

112 Emergency (All emergencies: police, fire and ambulance on one number); 101 Fire (State fire number. If it does not connect, call 112); 108 Ambulance (Free emergency ambulance); 100 Police (Also reachable through 112).

Q: What are the main fire and safety risks in Kupwara?

The main risks listed for Kupwara are: Boundary wall collapses at a government school in Drugmulla, November 2026. The Local risks section of this page gives the dates and details.

In Kupwara, dial 101 for the fire brigade or 112 for any emergency; ambulance is 108 and police is 100. Kupwara is a district town in northern Kashmir, close to the Line of Control, with many village schools on hillsides and a long, cold winter when heaters, bukharis and kangris are in daily use. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local hazards, old school boundary walls and winter heating, on one page, with a dated example.

Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

112: All emergencies: police, fire and ambulance on one number · 101: State fire number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Free emergency ambulance · 100: Also reachable through 112

Take these numbers with you

Print the Kupwara 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.

Latest incidents in Kupwara

Kupwara School Wall Collapse, Drugmulla, Jammu and Kashmir: A Girl of Nine Is Killed When a Boundary Wall Falls at a Government School During the Lunch Break on Children’s Day, the Head of the School Is Suspended and an Inquiry Is Ordered, While Reports Differ on Her Class and the Village14 Nov 2026 · 1 dead · 0 injured

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Local risks in Kupwara

Boundary wall collapses at a government school in Drugmulla, November 2026

On Saturday 14 November 2026, during the lunch break on Children's Day, a section of a boundary wall collapsed at a government school in the Drugmulla area of Kupwara district, according to three news reports. A girl of nine died. The head of the school was suspended and an inquiry was ordered. The cause has not been established, and the reports differ on her class and the village.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 108 and 100 in your phone and teach children the numbers.
Schools: have the boundary and retaining walls checked by a qualified engineer, and fence off any cracked, leaning or bulging wall until it is repaired.
Teach children never to sit, play or climb near a boundary wall, and keep the area behind classrooms supervised during breaks.
Parents: ask the school how often the walls and buildings are inspected, and report cracks or leaning walls to the head and the education office in writing.

In winter, keep bukharis, heaters and kangris away from curtains and bedding, keep a window slightly open when a heater burns fuel indoors, and never sleep with a burning heater in a closed room.
If a wall or building falls, call 112 and 108 at once, keep other children well clear and do not dig by hand where someone is buried, which can bring more down.
After heavy rain or snowmelt, keep away from walls on slopes and wait for an engineer to check them.

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Kupwara at a glance

Where: Kupwara town and the villages around it, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir
School wall collapse, November 2026: A boundary wall collapsed during the lunch break at a government school in Drugmulla; a girl of nine died; inquiry ordered; cause not established
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire 101, ambulance 108, police 100

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