Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaPurnia is a city and district headquarters in the Seemanchal region of north-east Bihar, in a flood plain of the Mahananda, Kankai and Parman rivers. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Listed as Emergency Police on the Purnia district website. Works from any phone · 101: The national fire number. The Purnia district website does not print a fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: The national ambulance number. The Purnia district website does not print it. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: The national police number. Also reachable through 112
Print the Purnia 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 Purnia 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.
A fire from a short circuit in the wiring destroyed two rooms of a family home in a village of the Dagrua police station area, reported on 10 May 2026. A 12-year-old boy, home alone from school, tried to put it out and was trapped; villagers pulled him out but he had died.
Floodwater had filled a deep pit at Koyli Khudah village near a canal in the Goradih area. A child fell in, family members went in to save the child, and all five, a woman, three of her children and a 17-year-old neighbour, died; the district announced Rs 4 lakh for each family (reported 12 September 2026).
Around 23 June 2024, heavy rain in the Nepal Terai made the Mahananda, Kankai and Parman overflow, and thousands of people in Purnia district were affected. Homes were washed away at Raibare panchayat, over 50 more were at risk, and families in Simalbari Nagartol faced a shortage of drinking water and food.
In the early hours of Friday, 3 October 2025, the Jogbani to Danapur Vande Bharat Express struck five people on the Katihar to Jogbani line near Jabanpur. Three died and two were seriously hurt; they were reportedly returning from a Dussehra fair.
5 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Purnia District HQ | Purnia district | Call 101 |
| Purnia Fire Station | Purnia district | Call 101 |
| Baisi Fire Station | Purnia district | Call 101 |
| Banmankhi Fire Station | Purnia district | Call 101 |
| Dhamdaha Fire Station | Purnia district | Call 101 |
Five fire stations are listed for Purnia district on the Bihar fire service portal, checked on 15 November 2026: Purnia District HQ, Purnia, Baisi, Banmankhi and Dhamdaha. Only officer mobile numbers are published, so no station phone is printed. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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