Colombo Emergency Phone Numbers


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The flourishing Port City of Colombo with its varied offerings has been beckoning global tourists in recordable numbers. There is plenty to explore in this historically rich city and the Tourism Board has undertaken real measures to promote the place as a safe tourist destination. But emergencies can take place at any time and at such times if anything can help you out in a foreign country, then it is your knowledge about the country and the list of emergency phone numbers to call for help. Colombo itself is a hospitable country where they strictly follow the notion of guests being treated as friends and so it would not be a concern at all to find a helping hand reaching out to you in no time. What you as a tourist is needed to do, is to just keep the Colombo Emergency Phone Numbers handy.

For making your travel to and within the city of Colombo safe as possible and to assist you in your emergencies, a list of all the Colombo Emergency Phone Numbers is being provided.

Call the following numbers for:

Colombo Municipal Council- 693348, 691849

Commissioner of Police- 854880

Police Special Operations- 433333, 421111

Police Assistant Unit- 432014

Traffic Police- 421111

Crime Inquiry Head Quarters- 693173

Department of Crime Research- 422176

National Narcotic Administrating Unit- 423829, 430703

Accidents- 422222, 691111

Bomb Squad Unit- 434251, 434615

Fire Brigade- 422222

Electricity Accidents- 431139, 431140

Post Office- 326203

Emergency Phone Numbers for Medical Services

Colombo General Hospital- 691111, 698651

Central Blood Bank- 695728, 692317

Red Cross Society- 691095, 694487

S.N Raymond Ambulance Service- 693737

St. John's Ambulance Service- 433576


Emergency Phone Numbers for Travel Services

Colombo Airport (Airline Enquiry) - 452161, 073 5500

Railway Enquiry (Fort/ Colombo) - 434215, 421281

Bus Transport Enquiry (Pettah/ Colombo) - 328081

Airlines- 073 2677

Department of Immigration and Emigration- 508022

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