Emergency & Disaster Contact Information

Hotlines
Federal Agencies
State of Delaware Agencies
Other Agencies

Last Updated: 09/01/2004

Hotlines:

 
Agency Name: Telephone Number(s):
Emergency - Police, Fire, Ambulance 911
Delaware State Police Anit-Terrorism Tip Line
Use 911 to report suspicious activity that may be related to terrorism that is in progress.
 (800) 367-2312
Poison Information Hotline (800) 722-7112
Suicide Hotline (800) 784-2433
Federal Agencies:
 
Agency Name: Telephone Number(s): Web Site:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (707) 488-7100 www.cdc.gov
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (215) 861-4100 www.cms.gov
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (800) 424-9346 www.epa.gov
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (302) 734-3517, Dover Office
(302) 658-4391, Wilmington Office
(410) 265-8080, Baltimore Office
(215) 418-4400, Philadelphia Office
(202) 278-2000, Washington DC Office		 www.fbi.gov
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (302) 573-6447, Wilmington Office www.fda.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (202) 566-1600 www.fema.gov
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (800) 321-6742 www.osha.gov
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (202) 619-0257 www.hhs.gov
HHS Office of Emergency Preparedness, National Disaster Medical System (800) 872-6367
(301) 443-1167		 www.ndms.dhhs.gov
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (202) 772-9848 www.dhs.gov/dhspublic
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State of Delaware Agencies:
 
Agency Name: Telephone Number(s): Web Site:
Department of Public Health (DPH) (302) 744-7401 www.state.de.us/dhss/dph
DPH Health Preparedness Section (302) 744-5450 www.state.de.us/dhss/dph
DPH Disease Prevention and Control Section (302) 739-3033 www.state.de.us/dhss/dph
Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) (877) 729-3362 (Delaware Only)
(302) 659-3362		 www.state.de.us/dema
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) (800) 662-8802 - 24hours/7days
(302) 739-5072		 www.dnrec.state.de.us
DNREC Emergency Response (800) 662-8802 - 24hours/7days
(302) 739-3694		 www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnrec2000/emergency.asp
Delaware State Police (302) 739-5901, Headquarters in Dover www.state.de.us/dsp
Division of Aging and Adults with Disabilities (800) 223-9074
(302) 255-9390, New Castle office
(302) 453-3820, Newark office
(302) 422-1386, Milford office		 www.dsaapd.com
Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (302) 255-9399 www.state.de.us/dhss/dsamh

Other Agencies:

Agency Name: Telephone Number(s): Web Site:
American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula (302) 656-8797 www.redcrossdelmarva.org
Blood Bank of Delmarva (302) 737-8404
(888) 825-6638		 www.bbd.org
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If there is some information which you would like to see added to this disaster/terrorism preparedness resource page, please contact Christine Pauley at the Delaware Healthcare Association at christinep@deha.org.