Emergency Numbers & Local Services
In Case of Emergency
- For anything you consider to be an EMERGENCY whether it be Police, Fire, or Utility related (Electric, Gas, Water, etc.), ALWAYS CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.
Montgomery County
- Police - Emergency - Non-Emergency - (301-279-8000)
- Crisis Hotline (301-315-4000)
- Transit/Ride-On Bus (240-777-7433)
- Animal Control (240-773-5960) Emergency (240-773-5900)
- Refuse and Recycling Services (301-590-0046)
- Recycling Collection Services (240-777-6410)
- Housing Code Enforcement Handbook
- Abandoned Vehicles (240-773-6411) - email to: abandoned.vehicle@montgomerycountymd.gov
- Environmental Protection
- Information & Services: Dial 311
- Park Police: Emergency (301-949-3010), Non-Emergency (301-949-8010)
- Tanglewood Neighborhood Watch (301-890-7388), Email to: speck615@verizon.net
- Crime Reports
- Family Watchdog (Sex Offender Listings)
- Snow Operations
- Streetlight Outage
- Downtown Silver Spring
- Montgomery County Government
- Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery County Library System
Maryland
- Maryland State Government
- Maryland State Police - Rockville Barracks (301-424-2101)
- Maryland Poison Center (1-800-222-1222)
- Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA)
- Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA)
- Maryland Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services
- Inter-County Connector (ICC) Project
Utility, Cable, and ISP Outage Hotlines
- PEPCO (electric) - (1-977-PEPCO-62), Downed wires (202-872-3432), Outages (1-877-737-2662)
- WSSC (water) - (301-206-4002)
- Washington Gas (703-750-1400)
- Verizon (phone, internet, cable TV) - (1-800-VERIZON)
- Comcast (phone, internet, cable TV) - (1-800-266-2278)