Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaRajouri is the district headquarters in mountainous country on the Jammu Poonch highway, with a busy town market and hills closing in on every side. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: The single emergency number for police, fire and medical calls in Jammu and Kashmir. Works from any phone · 101: Printed as Fire and Emergency Service on the Rajouri district home page. If it does not connect, call 112 · 102: Printed as the ambulance helpline on the Rajouri district home page. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Printed as the police control room on the Rajouri district home page. Also reachable through 112
Print the Rajouri 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 Rajouri 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 4 November 2026 a fire reduced a home decoration shop in Lower Jawahar Nagar, Rajouri town, to ashes, with stock worth lakhs of rupees lost. Three fire tenders were used and a short circuit was suspected; in December 2025, two shops burned at midnight at Kheora in the district.
On 23 January 2026 heavy snow closed the Jammu Rajouri Poonch highway at Bhimber Gali and cut Kotranka and Budhal off from Rajouri town. Snow clearing started the same day, but a blocked road also means a fire tender or ambulance may reach you late.
The government told the J&K Assembly in September 2026 that most of the Kashmir valley and parts of the Jammu division, including Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar, are in Seismic Zone V and the remaining areas of the Union Territory are in Zone IV. It also said J&K has no separate full seismic risk mitigation plan yet, so each family should plan on its own.
On Diwali night, 8 November 2026, the Rajouri and Poonch belt together recorded 3 of the 64 fire incidents across the Jammu region. Fire officials said their crews were stretched by many calls at the same time, so even a small fire should be called in at once.
2 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Rajouri Fire Station | Rajouri district · Rajouri town | Call01962-261650 |
| Rajouri City Fire Station | Rajouri district · Rajouri City | Call7298323825 |
Two stations from the J&K fire service table for the Rajouri district, with their office lines; the table is undated and prints no addresses. Kalakote, Nowshehra and the Shahdara Sharief fire post lie farther out. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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