Claremont Improvement District Company Emergency Numbers

Important Contact Numbers

This is a list of useful contact numbers to keep on hand in case of an emergency.

When calling an emergency number, make sure that you provide the following information:

The location (address) of the medical problem/incident or potential patient.

Provide landmarks.

The nature of the medical problem/incident.

Speak clearly and calmly to the call taker and ensure that it is a real medical emergency as the tying up of resources could lead to the prolonged suffering or death of someone else.

Give a contact person’s name and cell phone number to the call taker.

Ensure that the telephone line is available until the ambulance arrives.

• Police Flying Squad: 10111
• Ambulance: 10177
• Crime Stop: 08600 10111
• City of Cape Town General Emergency: 107
• Cellphone Emergency: 112 (MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom)
• AIDS Helpline: 0800 012 322
• Childline: 0800 055 555 / 021 461 1113
• Red Cross Children’s Hospital Poison Line & the Tygerberg Hospital Poison Information Centre: 0861 555 777
• Safe Schools: 0800 45 46 47
• Western Cape Government: 0860 142 142
• Fire Department: Please see your district municipality for emergency contact numbers.
• Electricity: 0860 103 089
• Water: (24 hours) 0860 103 054
• Sea Rescue: 021 449 3500
• Mountain Rescue: 021 948 9900
• Child Emergency: 0800 123 123
• Disaster Management: 080 911 4357
• Citizens Advice Bureau: 021 422 0300
• Consumer Protector: 0800 007 081
• Lifeline: 021 461 1113

https://www.westerncape.gov.za/…/emergency-contact-numbers