EMERGENCIES ON THE MAINE COAST




THE following numbers and VHF channels connect you to the emergency infrastructure along the Maine and New Brunsick coasts. Use them only in emergencies. Click on links in the index to the left for details about responding to particular emergencies such as kayak or diving accidents.
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Emergency numbers
911 in most areas 911
Maine State Police 800-482-0730
Poison Control Center 800-442-6305
Department of Marine Resources Marine Patrol 207-624-6550
Marine Mammal Stranding

207-851-6625
207-288-5644
Red Tide Hotline 800-232-4733
Search and rescue
US Coast Guard Search and Rescue Boston

617-565-9200
from cell: *CG
VHF 16

US Coast Guard Search and Rescue Portland

207-799-1680
from cell: *CG
VHF 16

US Coast Guard Search and Rescue Southwest Harbor

207-244-5121
from cell: *CG
VHF 16

Canadian Coast Guard, St. John, NB

800-565-1582

VHF 16

Canadian Coast Guard, Halifax NS

800-565-1582
902=427-8200
VHF 16

Diving emergencies
Divers Alert Network DAN 919-684-8111
919-684-4326
Emergency advice
collect calls accepted
Hyperbaric chambers
St. Joseph Hospital
Problem Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center
207-262-1550
207-262-9000 ER
360 Broadway
Bangor, ME 04401
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center
Regional Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center
207-777-8331
207-777-8120 ER
Campus Avenue
Lewsiton, ME 04243



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