Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaTiruvallur is the headquarters town of Tiruvallur district, about 45 km west of Chennai on the Chennai-Arakkonam rail line, with industrial estates and the Poondi reservoir nearby. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the district fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from 2025.
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 Tiruvallur district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the accident help line on the Tiruvallur district website, which also lists 102 as the ambulance help line. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed as the police control room on the Tiruvallur district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Tiruvallur 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 Tiruvallur 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 the morning of 13 July 2025 a goods train carrying about 12.6 lakh litres of diesel caught fire as it left Tiruvallur station, and 18 wagons were gutted before the blaze was doused after nearly seven hours. At least 12 trains to or from Chennai Central were cancelled, and no injuries were reported in that account; the cause was still being investigated.
A fire that began about 3 pm on 2 October 2025 at an incense stick factory in Ernakuppam village, Vadamadurai panchayat, took about 15 hours to bring under control. Crews came from Tiruvallur, Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, Avadi and Chengalpattu, and the police were checking for an electrical fault or negligence during festival preparations.
In October 2025 the Poondi reservoir raised its surplus discharge to 4,500 cusecs, and flood alerts went to villages along the Kosasthalaiyar river downstream. Poondi lies close to Tiruvallur, so heavy north-east monsoon rain upstream can matter here too.
Stray cattle on the roads around Tiruvallur cause accidents, mostly at night. On 25 January 2022 one person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash caused by cattle on the road.
9 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Thiruvallur FS | Tiruvallur District · Thiruvallur | Call044-27660299 |
| Thirur FS | Tiruvallur District · Thirur | Call044-27620244 |
| Perambakkam FS | Tiruvallur District · Perambakkam | Call044-27655699 |
| Tiruttani FS | Tiruvallur District · Tiruttani | Call044-27885309 |
| Pallipattu FS | Tiruvallur District · Pallipattu | Call044-27843483 |
| Ponneri FS | Tiruvallur District · Ponneri | Call044-27974064 |
| Gummidipoondi FS | Tiruvallur District · Gummidipoondi | Call044-27929267 |
| Gummidipoondi Sipcot FS | Tiruvallur District · Gummidipoondi Sipcot | Call044-27922701 |
| Thervoy Kandigai Sipcot FS | Tiruvallur District · Thervoy Kandigai Sipcot | Call 101 |
These are the 9 fire stations of Tiruvallur district on the state fire service list read on 15 November 2026. Several, such as Gummidipoondi and Tiruttani, are far from the town; the list gives no mobile number for the last station. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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