City safety guide

Meerut Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Meerut is a large western Uttar Pradesh city on the Delhi road, with busy markets, hotels, industrial belts and a Ganga floodplain to its east. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local hazards on one page, with dated examples from Meerut.

Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

0121-2643631 Chief Fire Officer office, MeerutOffice line, so for a fire call 101 or 112 first 1091 Women HelplineFor women in distress 1098 ChildlineFor children in need of care or protection

112: Uttar Pradesh's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Fire control room. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Dial 108, or 102 for the other ambulance service. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Meerut 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 Meerut 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 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Meerut

Meerut hotel fire: rescue, vehicle damage and a cause still being examined12 Sep 2026 · 1 injured

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Local risks in Meerut

Hotel fire on Delhi Road

On 12 September 2026 a fire at the Avika hotel on Delhi Road, Partapur, destroyed two vehicles and took about seven fire tenders around two hours to bring under control, as we cover in a case study. A fire officer later said the hotel had never obtained a fire NOC and lacked adequate equipment, and a short circuit in an air conditioner was the likely cause.

Chemical and solvent factory fires

On 29 June 2026 a chemical unit at Dhir Khera village caught fire, sent up thick toxic smoke, and needed two tenders from Hapur to help the Meerut crews; no casualties were reported. On 27 April 2022 a thinner drum fell and ignited at a solvent recycling factory on Mawana Road, drums burst, about 17 vehicles took three hours and 20 workers were rescued.

Night fires in rented houses

Around 2 am on 4 May 2026, a fire in a rented house in Krishna Nagar, Daurli, filled the rooms with smoke while 12 people slept. A man and his eight-year-old daughter died and ten more were badly hurt, with a short circuit suspected, and residents said the ambulance took a long time to arrive.

Old-house collapse in Lohia Nagar

At about 5.15 pm on Saturday 14 September 2024, a three-storey house in Zakir Colony, Lohia Nagar, collapsed with 15 people inside. Three got out on their own, the NDRF, fire brigade and police dug through the night, and the toll reached 10.

Ganga in the Hastinapur khadar villages

On 5 August 2026 the Ganga rose again, with the Bijnor Barrage passing 1,37,443 cusecs, though it stayed below the danger mark. The irrigation department inspected embankments and erosion spots, watched the villages of the khadar floodplain and told people to keep children and cattle away from the water.

Kanwar Yatra crowds and road closures

The 2026 yatra ran from 30 July to 11 August, with lakhs of devotees on the roads. The Delhi-Meerut Expressway shut to regular traffic from about 7 August, and highway traffic between Haridwar and Delhi was sent through Mawana, so expect long delays and crowded lanes.

Fire stations in Meerut

4 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Fire Station, Police Line	Meerut city · Police Line	Call0121 2643600
Fire Station, Ghanta Ghar	Meerut city · Ghanta Ghar	Call0121 2421017
Fire Station, Partapur	Meerut city · Partapur	Call0121 2440450
Fire Station, Mawana	Mawana tehsil · Mawana	Call01233 271411

These are the fire stations on the district's most recent published list, which dates from 2018, so newer stations may be missing and office numbers may have changed. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 108 and 100 in your phone today, and teach children and elders how to use them.
In a hotel, look for the stairs and exit nearest your room when you check in, and never take the lift in a fire. If the hotel cannot show you a fire NOC or working extinguishers, think twice before staying.
At night, keep your house door key near your bed and sleep with the bedroom door closed. In smoke, stay low, cover your nose and mouth with a wet cloth and get out; call 112 from outside.
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.

If you run a factory or godown on the Mawana or Delhi road, keep solvent and thinner drums closed, away from heat, and train workers to leave first and call 101 from outside.
During the Ganga floods, keep children and animals away from the Hastinapur khadar riverbank, and move to higher ground when the embankment watch is raised.
During Kanwar Yatra, plan trips around the highway closures, keep clear of the yatra route in vehicles, and do not stand on tempos or trolleys in a crowd.

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Meerut at a glance

District area and population: 2,590 sq km; about 34.4 lakh people
City population: 13.05 lakh in the municipal corporation (Census 2011)
Fire stations: Four on the district list: Police Line, Ghanta Ghar, Partapur and Mawana
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108 or 102, police 100
Hotel fire, September 2026: Delhi Road, Partapur; about seven tenders; hotel reported to have no fire NOC