Emergency Services in Siliguri

Emergency services are among the primary requirements of any well planned city. Emergency organizations and departments are responsible for ensuring public health and safety by addressing emergencies in a given area. They tackle various key areas like crime and community safety, fire rescue operations, medical emergencies and ambulance provision, technical rescue, mine rescue, emergency communication services, military emergency services like bomb disposal, national disaster management, poison control, forest service, lifeguard services and many others.

Siliguri has efficient emergency management services which help to tackle various emergencies like fire breakouts, road accidents, home or workplace related accidents and medical emergency requiring help from three primary units namely the police, ambulances and blood banks and fire stations in Siliguri. Learn more about these organizations in Sliguri as well as emergency phone numbers:

Police in Siliguri

The Siliguri Metropolitan Police (Siliguri Police Commissionerate) provides citizen centric policing in Siliguri with its jurisdiction over an area of 640 sq. km. It strives to maintain law and order, detect and prevent crime and promote societal harmony in Siliguri. Its traffic cell also strives for traffic management by facilitating smooth traffic flow and minimizing road accidents. It has 6 police stations; Siliguri PS, Matigara PS, Pradhan Nagar PS, Bhaktinagar PS, Bagdogra PS and Siliguri Women Police Station.
 
Some of the specialized units of Siliguri Police providing key services include Enforcement Branch, Siliguri Police Control Room, Foreigner’s Registration, Detective Department, Anti-Hijacking and Commissionerate Crime Records Bureau.


Important Contact Numbers of Siliguri Police:

• Siliguri Police Station
  Phone Number- 0353 - 2662101 / 0353-2420101
• Matigara Police Station
  Phone Number - 0353 – 2571472
• Pradhan nagar Police Station
  Phone Number - 0353 – 2510046
• Bhaktinagar Police Station
  Phone Number - 0353 - 2543665
• Bagdogra Police Station
  Phone Number- 0353 - 2551242
  
  

Fire Services in Siliguri

Fire services and fire rescue operations are provided by both government and private organizations in Siliguri. The Siliguri Fire Brigade is in S.F. Road, Nayabazaar and caters to all the local needs of Siliguri regarding combating fire in domestic, industrial as well as other establishments. Apart from this, private organizations like Torrential Firefighter Pvt. Ltd. have detailed infrastructure and render efficient services with fire combatants and other equipment in the form of Hydrant System, Fire Protection, Sprinkler System, Fire Alarm, Electronic Infusion, CCTV, Access Control and others.

Important Contact Numbers of Siliguri Fire Services

• Phone Number for Fire related emergency: 101
• Other phone numbers: 0353-2502222, 0353-250186
  
  

Ambulance and Blood Banks in Siliguri

Siliguri also has various domestic and international organizations which are involved in providing medical first aid and ambulance services for those in need. Besides the Air Ambulance Aviation, Siliguri is responsible for providing all air ambulance needs in the domestic and international sector with ICU facility. It also provides for rescue operations, disaster management and medivac in Siliguri to save people’s lives with medical and medicine experts, advanced cardiac life support system and trauma system.

Important contact numbers for ambulance services:

• Arogya Niketan - 353-2501601
• Paramount Hospital – 0353-2536589, 0353-2502198
• Indian Red Cross – 0353-2435234
• St. Johns – 0353-2435291
• Madan Ganga -  0353-2424407
• Ashirbad – 0353-2501321
• Shanti Nursing Home - 0353-2537316
• N. B. Medical College -0353-2581342
• Suravi Nursing Home – 0353-2513082
• Life line Poly Clinic- 0353-2551344
• North Bengal Clinic – 0353-2510441
• Siliguri Nursing Home - 0353-2532253

There are numerous 24 hour blood banks in Siliguri which have adequate arrangements for blood collections and storage.  They also collect blood by organizing regular blood donation camps at corporate offices, educational institutes and other organizations to meet the requirement of patients with blood shortage. Some of the blood banks established in Siliguri are:

• North Bengal Voluntary Blood Bank and Research Centre
  Address: Bimal Sinha Sarani, Bidhan Road, Siliguri – 734001
• Terai Lions Charitable Trust
  Address: Jyoti Nagar Road, 2nd Mile Sevoke Road, Siliguri – 734001
• Siliguri Sadar Hospital
  Address: Sevoke Road, Siliguri – 734001
• Rotary Blood Bank
  Address: North Bengal Clinic, Meghnath Saha Sarani, Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri - 734403