Emergency Contacts

(Updated 12/07/2021) The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Bembridge Lifeboat Station is located at the eastern end of the Isle of Wight, adjacent to the infamous Bembridge Ledge. Founded in 1867, it has a Tamar class all-weather lifeboat, Alfred Albert Williams and a D class inshore lifeboat, Norman Harvey. Registered Charity No. 209603 Cowes Lifeboat Station Yarmouth Lifeboat Station

If you smell gas, think you have a gas leak, or are worried that fumes containing carbon monoxide are escaping from a gas appliance, please call the free Gas Emergency Services emergency line immediately.

Do you need help, support or advice? There are various services available to Isle of Wight residents should you need urgent mental health advice or treatment.

(Updated 08/07/2021) The next step up from Urgent Care is Emergency Care. Emergency Care is provided by the Emergency Department at St. Mary’s or by calling a 999 ambulance. The Emergency Department and 999 are for life threatening situations e.g. major trauma or loss of blood, unconsciousness, chest pain, etc.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is the charity that delivers an advanced Critical Care Team to sick and injured people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight when they need it most. Available both day and night, 365 days a year, the Air Ambulance Critical Care Team is called out many times a day to attend road traffic collisions, sporting accidents, collapses and many other incidents.

We are one of the busiest fire and rescue services in the UK. We serve a population of nearly two million people, providing crucial lifesaving services to our communities.

Most of us welcome hot weather, but when it’s too hot for too long there are health risks. If a heatwave hits this summer, make sure the hot weather doesn’t harm you or anyone you know.

Help Through Crisis (HTC) aims to assist Island residents who are in genuine hardship, enabling them to quickly access help in an emergency.

Please click on the link for the Council’s Web page directing you to various Emergency Contacts.

Providing families with information, liaison, advice and support throughout a missing person’s case overseas remains a core part of our operations. Every year we reunite many families with the loved one they feared they may never see again.