Emergency Telephone Numbers & Related Information

We have provided you with a list of emergency telephone numbers that we hope you never have to use, as well as web links you may find useful.

Ambulance - Dial 511

Fire - Dial 311

Police - Dial 211

Hyperbaric Chamber - Scuba Diving - 436-5483.

Barbados Coast Guard -VHF Channel 16, call code 8 PAPA ZULU, or (246)427-8819.

511 calls go directly to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, - http://www.qeh.gov.bb/ - Martindales Rd., Bridgetown, St. Michael, 436-6450.

Fire Department - http://www.fireservice.gov.bb/ - Probyn Street, Bridgetown. Non-emergency 426-3504 or 426-3509. Fax 435-0794.

Police -http://www.barbadospolice.gov.bb/index.cfm - James Street, St. Michael. Non-emergency 430-6815, 430-6816 or 430-6817.

Hyperbaric Chamber - http://www.scuba-doc.com/divbar.htm - The Barbados Defence Force Headquarters
St. Ann's Fort, The Garrison, St. Michael. Non-emergency 436-6215, fax 436-2856, mobile 230-9038.

Barbados Coast Guard - The Signal Station can be contacted twenty four hours on VHF Channels 6, 12 and 16.
Fort Willoughby, Bay Street, Bridgetown, St Michael, 429-7152, fax 429-7153, Email occgbdf@barbados.gov.bb

Bayview Hospital, St. Paul's Avenue, Bayville, St. Michael, Barbados. PHONE: 436-5446). Fax 429-3081 or 431-9182. This is a private facility. http://www.bayviewhospital.com.bb/

F M H Emergency, 4A 3rd Avenue, Belleville, St. Michael, 228-6120 and 228-6121 for the treatment of diving injuries and burn victims.

Sandy Crest Medical Centre, Holetown, St. James, near the Sunset Mall, 419-4911. http://sandycrest.net/

Central Emergency Relief Organization, CERO Officials, BNB Building,
James & Coleridge Street, Bridgetown, 427-8513, fax 429-4055. Hurricane Shelters in each Parish. jthomas@barbados.gov.bb or Cero@caribsurf.com http://cero.gov.bb/pages/shelters.html

Barbados Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Service, Indian River Mall, Bridgetown, St. Michael, 417-2727.

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, (CDERA) Building #1 Manor Lodge, Lodge Hill, St Michael, 425-0386. (24-hours) fax 425-8854. http://www.cdera.org/

Weather Underground - Weather Underground®, is an online provider of weather around the world. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

NHC/TPC - National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, USA.  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

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