Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaMandi Dabwali, in Sirsa district near the Punjab border, is where a school function in a cloth pandal turned into one of India's worst fires, in 1995. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Dabwali.
Checked 20 Oct 2026 against official sources. Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Haryana's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 108: Other Haryana district pages list 102 as well · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Mandi Dabwali 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 Mandi Dabwali 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 20 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 23 December 1995, a fire swept through the cloth pandal at Rajiv Marriage Palace during the DAV school's annual function, and the Supreme Court has recorded 446 deaths. The pandal had loose wiring, flammable cloth and one main gate, so check the exits before you sit down at any hall or tent.
The Sirsa district disaster plan says fires are far more common in rural areas than in towns. Most start from electrical short circuits and spread through dried leaves and hay, which also puts tethered cattle at risk.
The district plan calls the Ghaggar a repeated flash-flood hazard. In July 1993, the river touched 43,000 cusecs, 80 villages went under water, about 15,000 people were evacuated and there was nearly 4 feet of floodwater on the highway towards Dabwali.
The district plan records 284 road accident cases in Sirsa district in 2011, with 149 killed, and 252 cases in 2012, with 142 killed. These are district figures from more than ten years ago, but the plan calls crashes frequent, especially on the Sirsa-Fatehabad road.
3 stations, as published by Director Fire Service, Haryana. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dabwali Fire Station | Mandi Dabwali · town | Call 101 |
| Sirsa Fire Station | Sirsa · district headquarters | Call01666-241140 |
| Ellenabad Fire Station | Ellenabad · town | Call 101 |
Station names as listed by the Director Fire Service, Haryana (list dated September 2022); only Sirsa's office number is published by the district. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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