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Roorkee Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Roorkee is a town in Haridwar district in Uttarakhand, known for the IIT campus and an old, crowded bazaar. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town.

Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone
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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police
1077 District Emergency Operation CentreToll free district disaster line printed by the state disaster authority 1070 State Emergency Operation CentreState disaster control room 01332-273099 Roorkee Fire StationOffice line. For a fire call 101 or 112 first

112: Uttarakhand's single emergency number for police, fire, ambulance and disaster calls · 101: Fire brigade. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Emergency ambulance. The state fire service page also prints 102. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112

Take these numbers with you

Print the Roorkee 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 Roorkee 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.

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Local risks in Roorkee

Firecracker market before Diwali

Fire officers inspected the firecracker market of about 110 shops at Nehru Stadium on 6 November 2026 and found about eight shops with no buckets, water or other fire fighting equipment. They were told to fix frayed wiring, a re-inspection the next day found all shops in order, and a fire tender and team stayed at the market.

Narrow bazaar lanes in BT Ganj

On 9 June 2026 the Roorkee fire unit drove a fire vehicle through the narrow market route from BT Ganj to Rampur Mandi, after a rise in fire incidents. Goods kept outside shops blocked the way in several places, and traders were told to keep the lane clear.

Monsoon waterlogging at IIT Roorkee

After a day of heavy monsoon rain in the second week of July 2026, parts of the IIT Roorkee campus went under water and the day long downpour slowed the city. The institute's media cell confirmed that a viral clip of students sailing on the flooded campus was from IIT Roorkee.

Truck and bike on the Bhagwanpur bypass

A truck ran over a motorcycle carrying three young men near the Bedpur Chowk brick kiln on the Bhagwanpur bypass road, reported on 15 February 2026. Two of them died at the spot, the third was seriously hurt, and the driver left the truck and ran.

Fire stations in Roorkee

1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

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Roorkee Fire StationHaridwar district · RoorkeeCall01332-273099

Station name and office line for Roorkee from the state list, which is undated and prints no address. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

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Roorkee at a glance

Centre and radius
This guide is centred on the town with a 20 km radius, enough to cover the town and the nearby bypass roads
Fire station
The state list shows one fire station at Roorkee, with an office landline
Firecracker market
The Nehru Stadium firecracker market had about 110 shops in November 2026, with a fire team and a tender kept on site
Nearby guide
Haridwar, in the same district, has its own guide
Emergency system
Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, police 100 and the district emergency operation centre is 1077

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