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