Emergency Numbers
VHF Marine Radio Channels
6 Intership Safety
7, 8 Commercial
9 Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial.
10 Commercial
11 Pilot Boats
12 Port Operations
13 Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters.
14 Port Operations
15 Environmental (Receive only) Used by class C EPIRBs.
16 International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel.
17 State & local government maritime control
18, 19 Commercial
21 U.S. Coast Guard only
22 CG Liason and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
23 U.S. Coast Guard only
24-28 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
65, 66 Port Operations
68,69,71 Non-Commercial
72 Non-Commercial, Intership only.
73, 74, 77 Port Operations
78 Non-Commercial
81 U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations.
82 U.S. Government only
83 U.S. Coast Guard only
84, 85, 86, 87 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator).
88 Commercial, Intership only.
Emergency Phone Numbers
ALL NUMBERS ARE AREA CODE 207 UNLESS NOTED
Coast Guard
Emergency 767-0303
South Portland 799-1680
Boothbay 633-2661
Rockland 596-6667
Southwest Harbor 244-4270
Jonesport 497-3404
Eastport 853-0684
Canadian Coast Guard
Saint John, NB 800-563-2444
Maine Marine Patrol Emergencies
NH border to Brunswick 800-482-0730
Midcoast 800-452-4664
Penobscot Bay to Canadian Border 800-432-7381
Warden Service
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife 287-8000
Augusta 452-4664
Bangor 432-7381
Gray 800-228-0857
Operation Game Thief 800-253-7887 / 287-6057
Sheriff’s Departments
York County 324-1113
Cumberland County 893-2810
Sagadahoc County 443-8201
Lincoln County 882-6576
Knox County 594-0429
Waldo County 338-6786
Hancock County 667-7575
Washington County 255-4422
Hospitals
Poison Control Center 800-222-1222
Maine Medical Center, Portland 662-0111
Mercy Hospital, Portland 879-3000
Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick 373-6000
St. Andrew's Hospital, Boothbay Harbor 633-2121
Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Rockport 921-8000
Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast 338-2500
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor 973-8000
Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor 288-5081
Downeast Community Hospital, Machias 255-3356
Updated 02/2017