For 'out-of-hours' emergency service contact the Council Duty Officer on 01768 212499. For all other emergencies please see numbers below:
| Service |
Telephone Number |
|
Life or Death Situations to contact:
- Fire
- Police
- Ambulance
- Coastguard
- Mountain Rescue
- Cave Rescue
Operator will connect you.
Free from Mobile or Landline.
Your Location is passed on to operator.
112 is now used in all European Union countries.
|
999 or 112 |
Penrith Police - Non Emergency
Cumbria Constabulary Website |
101 |
| Anti-Terrorist Hotline |
0800 789321 |
Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers Website |
0800 555 111 |
Environment Agency Incident hotline to report:
- Damage or danger to the natural environment
- Pollution
- Poaching
- Risks to wildlife
- Fish in distress
- Illegal dumping of hazardous waste
- Flood incidents (for reporting flooding only)
Call free, 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week
Environment Agency website
|
0800 807060 |
Environment Agency FloodLine
Environment Agency website: current flood warnings |
0845 988 1188 |
Penrith Hospital
Bridge Lane, Penrith, CA11 8HX |
01768 245300 |
Cumberland Infirmary
Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY |
01228 523444 |
Westmorland General Hospital
Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RG |
01539 732288
|
Gas Leak
Nationalgrid Emergencies |
0800 111 999 |
| No Electricity (Electricity Northwest) |
0800 195 4141 |
| No/dirty Water |
0845 746 2200 |
|
Homelessness - Out of hours: |
0800 3581401 |
Local Radio
BBC Radio Cumbria website |
01228 592444 |
Traffic News - report an incident
BBC Travel News |
0330 123 0184 |
Emergency Planning
The Castle, Carlisle CA3 8UR |
01228 815700 |
Preparing for Emergencies
See Directgov's webpage on preparing for emergencies.
