AREA-WIDE
- American Red Cross: 651-5300(main number) or 651-5310 (disaster services)
- Telephone Services – dial 611
- Emergency Help: 911 (area police, fire and medical)
- Essential Community Services: dial 211 (for help directing your call to the appropriate agency)
- Office of Homeland Security Georgia Emergency Management Agency: 800-TRY-GEMA (800-879-4362)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: 770-220-5200 (Atlanta Regional Office)
- Livestock: 404-656-3667 (Department of Agriculture number for emergency planning for barnyard animals)
- Animal Protection: 404-656-4914 (Department of Agriculture number for which shelters for small animals are open)
- National Weather Service: 843-744-0303 Press 3 for tropical conditions.
- Salvation Army: 651-7420
- Georgia's Insurance Commissioner's Office: 800-656-2298
CHATHAM COUNTY
- AGL(natural gas): 800-GAS-LINE, 800-427-5463(for repairs, if you smell gas)
- Candler Hospital: 819-6000(general), 819-6037(emergency room)
- Chatham County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA): 201-4500
- CEMA Re-entry Hotline: 1-855-880-2362
- Chatham County Humane Society: 354-9515
- Memorial University Medical Center: 350-8000(general), 350-8113(emergency room)
- Public works, Chatham County: 652-6840; 652-6844(water and sewer; county only); 652-6780(recreation)
- Georgia Power: 800-390-2834(for repairs and to report outages)
- St. Joseph's Hospital: 819-4100(general)
- Water Department, city of Savannah: 651-6460or 311
LIBERTY COUNTY
- Red Cross: 876-3975(civilian) Fort Steward Red Cross: 767-2197
- Electric Services: Georgia Power, 888-660-5890; Canoochee Electric Co., 1-800-342-0134; Coastal Electric Cooperative, 884-3311 and 1-800-421-234
- Water Services: Hinesville, 876-3564; Midway: 912-884-3344
- Emergency Water Midway: 332-4098
- Coastal Communications Hinesville (telephone): 369-9000
- Century Link: 369-9000
- Liberty Regional Medical Center: 369-9400
- Liberty County Emergency Management Agency: 368-2201
- Emergency Hotline: (Liberty/Hinesville EMA) 877-5362
BRYAN COUNTY
- Bryan County Emergency Services: 858-2799
- Fire Department North Bryan: 653-4772(admin: 858-2799)
- Fire Department South Bryan: 727-3033
- Health Department: Pembroke 912-653-4331; Richmond Hill 912-756-2611,
- Evans Memorial Hospital: 739-2611
- Bryan County Sheriff's Department: 653-3800
- Richmond Hill police: 756-5645
- Pembroke police: 653-4414
- Utilities: Georgia Power Co., 888-660-5890; Pembroke Telephone, 653-4389; Coastal Communications(Century Link), 369-9000
- Coastal Electric Cooperative: 884-3311and 1-800-421-2343
EFFINGHAM COUNTY
- Effingham Sheriff's Dept. non-emergency: 754-3449
- City of Guyton: 772-3353
- City of Springfield: 754-6666
- City of Rincon: 826-5745
- County public works: 754-2141
BEAUFORT & JASPER COUNTIES
- Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette Storm Threat and Evacuation Number: 866-706-8223
- Beaufort County Hurricane Evacuation Hotline and Re-entry: 800-963-5023
- Department of Transportation Evacuation Traffic Information: 888-877-9151
- American Red Cross: 843-757-7437
- Beaufort County Emergency Management Agency: 843-255-4000
- Beaufort Memorial Hospital: 843-522-5200
- Hilton Head Hospital: 843-681-612
- Coastal Carolina Hospital: 843-784-8000
- Beaufort County Health Department: 843-525-7615
- Beaufort County Animal Shelter: 843-255-5010
- Jasper County Emergency Management Agency: 843-726-7607
- Jasper County Animal Shelter: 843-726-7799
- Jasper County Public Works: 843-726-7740
- Palmetto Electric: 843-726-5551
- Jasper Dept of Social Services: 843-726-7747
- Hispanic Outreach of South Carolina 803-419-5112
- Beaufort/Jasper Water and Sewer Authority: 843-987-9292
- South Carolina Electric and Gas: 800-251-7234
- South Carolina Insurance News Service: 803-252-3455
INSURANCE NUMBERS
The following insurance claims numbers will be activated only after an emergency:
- 21st Century Insurance: 800-244-6163
- ALFAInsurance: 334-288-3900
- Allstate Insurance: 800-547-8676
- AssuranceAmerica: 888-223-8409
- Infinity Insurance: 800-334-1661
- Cotton States Insurance: 800-457-1658
- Farmers Insurance: 888-344-4343
- Georgia Farm Bureau: Contact your local agent
- GEICO Insurance: 800-841-3000
- GMAC Insurance: 800-468-3466
- Grange Insurance: 800-445-3030
- Liberty Mutual Companies Personal Market Customers: 800-225-2467
- Mercury Insurance: 800-987-6000
- Progressive Insurance:800-274-4499
- Safeco Insurance: 888-723-3265
- Southern Mutual Insurance: 800-226-1919
- State Farm Insurance: 800-732-5246
- Travelers: 800-CLAIM33
- Unitrin Specialty Insurance: 888-253-7834
- USAA Insurance: 800-531-8222
Web sites
- American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov
- Chatham County Emergency Management Agency(CEMA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: www.noaa.gov
- National Weather Service: www.nws.noaa.gov
