Emergency hotlines Number in Costa Rica

          Emergency hotlines Number in Costa Rica

Costa Rica
Emergency: 911
Cell Phones: 112

 

 

Costa Rica
Hotline: 506-253-5439

 

 

Suicide & Crisis Lines

Línea de la vida
(5) 339 9999

Centro Regulador de Urgencias y Emergencias Bolívar
(5) 664 5612
(5) 664 4675

Centro Regulador de Urgencias y Emergencias Casanare
317 371 7451

Línea Vital
123




 

 

Who to call in an emergency…

The main emergency number in Costa Rica is 911. This number covers the following emergency institutions:

  • Red Cross
  • Fire Fighters
  • National Emergency Commission
  • National Intoxication Center
  • Civil Guard
  • Police Patrols
  • Transit Police
  • Judicial Investigation Bureau (Organismo de Investigación Judicial – OIJ)
  • Read more about the 911 service (in Spanish)

There are alternative numbers to the 911 service; with the numbers below the following institutions can be reached directly:

  • Police (Fuerza Pública)
    Tel: 1117
  • Fire Fighters (Bomberos)  1
    Tel: 1118
  • Red Cross (Cruz Roja)
    Tel: 1128 / 2221 5818
  • Transit Police
    Tel: 2222 9330 / 800 8726 7486
  • Drug Control Police
    Tel: 800 376 4266