Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaMedinipur, also written Midnapore, is the headquarters town of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, on the bank of the Kangsabati. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. If a service line does not connect, call 112 · 101: State fire service number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: The district lists 102 as well. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Police number, also reachable through 112
Print the Medinipur (Midnapore) 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.
Download city emergency card (PDF, A4) Print in black and white (PDF, saves ink) Save as phone picture (WebP, made for a phone lock screen)
Checked 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On the night of 25 to 26 October 2026, a fire in one parked bus at the Central Bus Stand spread to the buses beside it and burnt three, with no death or injury reported; police and fire officials suspect a short circuit. An electric pole, lodges and other buses were close by and a second fire engine had to be called, as we cover in a case study.
On 16 September 2021, heavy rain in West Midnapore district sent water into houses in Midnapore and damaged property. A report nine days later described people using boats on waterlogged streets in the western part of the city.
In the same September 2021 floods, State Highway 7 went under water. Some truck and bus drivers drove through it despite police warnings, which is exactly what you should not do.
In late April 2023, three people died from lightning in Paschim Medinipur district on a day when 14 died across West Bengal. Officials said most of the victims were farmers working in open fields.
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