Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaNagercoil is the district headquarters of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, at the southern tip of the peninsula with the Pazhayar river and several dams in the hills behind it. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the district fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the city and the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: National emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. Works from any phone · 101: Listed as Fire and Rescue on the Kanniyakumari district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the ambulance help line on the Kanniyakumari district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed as the police control room on the Kanniyakumari district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Nagercoil 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 Nagercoil 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 17 December 2023, heavy rain under a cyclonic circulation flooded areas of Nagercoil, and Fire and Rescue personnel rescued people from inundated parts of the city. Surplus water was being let out of the Pechiparai, Perunchani and Papanasam dams, and alert messages went to more than two lakh residents.
After four days of heavy rain in mid-November 2021, water released from the Perunchani dam and the Pechiparai reservoir flooded villages in the district, the Pazhayar overflowed, and about three kilometres of railway track at Nullivilai went under water. The collector reported 65 relief camps sheltering 3,150 people.
Cyclone Ockhi had passed Kanniyakumari district by 1 December 2017, but the district was still struggling to return to normal. The Suseendram bridge between Nagercoil and Kanyakumari collapsed, power and mobile service failed in many places, and boats took residents from flooded colonies in Nagercoil to relief camps, with food and water reaching them late.
In late May 2024, heavy rain submerged more than 150 homes and flooded a 1.5 kilometre stretch of road in the district, and 1,500 cubic feet of water was released from the Pechiparai dam. Visitors were barred from the Thirparappu waterfalls for the seventh day running, and relief operations were under way.
9 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Nagercoil FS | Kanniyakumari District · Nagercoil | Call04652-276331 |
| Kanyakumari FS | Kanniyakumari District · Kanyakumari | Call04652-270309 |
| Thuckalay FS | Kanniyakumari District · Thuckalay | Call04651-250799 |
| Kuzhithurai FS | Kanniyakumari District · Kuzhithurai | Call04651-260200 |
| Colachel FS | Kanniyakumari District · Colachel | Call04651-226303 |
| Kulasekharam FS | Kanniyakumari District · Kulasekharam | Call04651-277699 |
| Kollemcode FS | Kanniyakumari District · Kollemcode | Call04651-246101 |
| Thingal Nagar FS | Kanniyakumari District · Thingal Nagar | Call04651-223799 |
| Rajakkamangalam FS | Kanniyakumari District · Rajakkamangalam | Call 101 |
These are the 9 fire stations of Kanniyakumari district on the state fire service list read on 15 November 2026. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers. One station lists only a mobile style number, so no number is shown for it.
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