Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaOngole is the headquarters of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, roughly 17 to 20 km inland from the Kothapatnam coast on the Bay of Bengal. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with recent cyclones as the main examples.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. Works from any phone · 101: Fire brigade. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Health and medical emergency. If it does not connect, call 112 · 1077: Toll-free line for cyclones and other disasters
Print the Ongole 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 Ongole 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 3 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crossed the coast near Kothapatnam, about 20 km from Ongole, in the early hours of 3 November 2026. Thatched houses collapsed at Samatha Nagar and a tree brought down the statue at the Collectorate, and before landfall 26 coastal villages and 72 habitations were marked highly vulnerable with 70 relief centres set up. We cover it in a case study.
Cyclone Montha hit farming, fisheries, roads, power lines and Ongole city, and the Collector put the district's crop loss at 12,570 hectares when a central team visited on 10 November 2025. Cotton was the worst hit, with 8,313 hectares damaged.
On 4 December 2023, a day before landfall, continuous drizzle almost stopped normal life in Ongole and the coastal mandals. Officials identified 47 relief centres for about 18,000 people in Kothapatnam, Singarayakonda, Tangutur, Ongole and Naguluppalapadu mandals.
Reports said at least five people died after touching fallen live wires following Cyclone Arnab a week before Murasu, and the Chief Minister asked people to stay indoors until obstructions were cleared. After a cyclone, the wire in the water is the next danger.
6 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Ongole Fire Station | Prakasam district · Opp. Gopi Theater, Near Addanki Bustand, Ongole 523001 | Call08592-232299 |
| Tangutur Fire Station | Prakasam district · Trunk Road, Tangutur 523274 | Call08592-242669 |
| Kandukur Fire Station | Prakasam district · Kesari Kunta Colony, Kandukur 523105 | Call08598-223399 |
| Kondepi Fire Station | Prakasam district · Kandukur Road, Kondepi 523270 | Call08598-295288 |
| Addanki Fire Station | Prakasam district · Agricultural Market Yard compound, Addanki 523201 | Call 101 |
| Darsi Fire Station | Prakasam district · Addanki Road, N.S.P. Colony, Darsi | Call08407-295999 |
Six fire stations are listed for Prakasam district, checked on 3 November 2026. The Kandukur entry carries a Nellore district address, and the Addanki landline is printed incompletely so it is left out. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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