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Contents 1 Do You Need Help? 2 Emergency Phone Numbers for People in Distress 3 If You See Rescue Aircraft and Need Rescue 4 See also

Do You Need Help?

• Please check our various links to the right for specific help info.

• FOR EMERGENCIES, CALL 911 IN ALL AREAS.

• FOR NON-EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND REFERRALS, CALL 211.

• TO SEND PUBLIC HELP REQUESTS, SMS "JOIN GUSTAVHELP" to 40404, THEN TEXT (SMS) YOUR MESSAGE TO 40404.

See also

• Helpline Numbers
• Help Needed
• Help Offered
• Aid Agencies
• Missing & Found

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Information below has been copied from the Katrina wiki and may need to be updated

Emergency Phone Numbers for People in Distress

See also

• Helpline Numbers

DO NOT CALL THESE NUMBERS IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE AFFECTED AREAS, ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, OR ARE NOT HANDLING A LIFE-AND-DEATH EMERGENCY IN THE DISASTER ZONE.

The Coast Guard strongly urges people in distress in the New Orleans area contact the search and rescue emergency line for the State Office of Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. (Reference http://www.uscg.mil) Emergency situations should be reported to the Emergency Operations Center:

225-925-7708 /7709 or

225-925-3511 /4218

For OTHER Maritime Search and Rescue Emergencies, please call the United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command Center: (757) 398-6390

Trapped hurricane victims that cannot reach local rescuers by phone should call the United States Coast Guard at 800-323-7233. This number is for assistance to trapped victims only. State of CA OES

If You See Rescue Aircraft and Need Rescue

• Display a white sheet on the roof of a building.
• Be ready to wave something to notify the helicopter that you need to be rescued.
• If it is at night you need to use flash lights to signal the helicopter.
• You need to stay at the highest point.
• DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ATTRACT ATTENTION BY FIRING ANY WEAPON. (Marine or emergency signaling flare pistols are likely acceptable, if you're lucky enough to have one.)

See also