EMERGENCY CONTACTS
All the contacts you may need to keep you and others safe.
These are the most important contacts for each province.
Remember, you can find specific and relevant emergency contacts with every Forge map.
National (anywhere in SA)
General Emergencies - 112
Ambulance - 10177
Police - 10111
Tygerberg Poison Centre - 0861 555 777
African Snakebite Institute - 082 494 2039
Western Cape
City of Cape Town Emergency Services - 021 480 7700
Wilderness Search and Rescue - 021 937 0300
Cape Nature Emergency Line - 082 494 9707
National Sea Rescue Institute - 021 449 3500 or 082 380 3800
Reporting Wildfires
021 480 7700 (Cape Town)
021 887 4446 (Winelands)
022 344 8700 (West Coast)
028 425 1690 (Overberg)
Fires, flooding, rockfalls and other environmental emergencies
Garden Route Emergencies - 044 805 5070
Eastern Cape
Metro Emergencies (NMB) - 041 585 1555
Gauteng / Free State
MCSA Mountain Search and Rescue - 074 125 1385 or 074 163 3952
KwaZulu-Natal
MCSA Mountain Search and Rescue - 080 000 5133
Up-to-date emergency contacts courtesy of the Mountain Club of South Africa >