Help in Grant County

Red Cross volunteers install up to 4 free battery smoke alarms in qualifying homes and give a fire safety plan. Request online; a technician contacts you within about 14 days. Does not repair wired alarms.

800-733-2767

Join the Disaster Action Team that helps families after home fires and local disasters, staff emergency shelters (registration, feeding, dorms), or use a nursing/EMT license in shelters.

800-733-2767

After a home fire, wildfire or flood, the Red Cross can help with emergency lodging, food, clothing, medicine replacement and shelter locations. During the 2025 Trout Fire it opened a shelter at the Grant County Business & Conference Center.

1-800-733-2767

Volunteer search and rescue team for Grant County (Gila, Continental Divide Trail, flooded roads). You do not call the team directly: dial 911 - all NM search and rescue is dispatched through New Mexico State Police. Free.

911

State registry of volunteers who help during public health emergencies and disasters (clinics, shelters, outreach). Both licensed health workers and non-medical helpers can sign up online through NM MRC Serves.

Statewide council of volunteer search and rescue teams that respond to missions run by NM Department of Public Safety. They help you find the nearest team and training.

After a declared disaster (fire, flood), homeowners can borrow up to $500,000 to repair a primary home and renters/owners up to $100,000 for belongings. No payments or interest for the first 12 months.

800-659-2955

Call 911 for any emergency (danger to life, fire, crime in progress, medical emergency). 911 calls in Grant County are answered by Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority, which dispatches Silver City PD, Sheriff, fire and EMS. Text-to-911 availability n

911

County text-alert system; save this number to receive and report. Cards are sent from short code 80946.

575-574-4607

Free county text alerts (emergencies, closures, events, county news), started Jan 12, 2026. To sign up, text Hi to 80946 and reply YES. Save 575-574-4607 to text the county questions or report issues. Text STOP to quit.

575-574-4607

County road maintenance, grading, washouts outside town limits.

575-538-3316

Fire department business line (burn permits/open burning questions, smoke alarms, inspections, CPR classes). Emergencies: 911.

575-538-2591

Overnight warming center on cold nights (below 40°F), with warm meals while supplies last. Overseen with the Silver City Fire Department.

575-519-5810

Streets supervisor line (street repairs, snow, debris).

575-538-2478

Utilities page lists Central Dispatch as the emergency phone for water main breaks and sewer backups.

575-388-8840

County Fire Management Officer coordinates the volunteer fire districts and wildfire protection plan. No separate county EMS/ambulance business line is published.

575-574-0035

Central Dispatch for non-emergency police and sheriff calls, noise and nuisance complaints, welfare checks that are not life-threatening, and to reach an on-duty officer or deputy. Also takes Town of Silver City code enforcement/animal control and after-h

575-388-8840

Personal firewood permits for heating: $2 per cord, 10-cord minimum ($20). Cut standing dead or dead-and-down wood (green wood only in marked areas). Comes with load tags and a firewood guide/map.

575-388-8201

Call or visit for current fire restrictions, closures and camping stay limits for clients living or camping in the Gila (stay limit commonly 14 days).

575-388-8201

County office that plans for and coordinates response to wildfires, floods and other disasters. Can help residents learn local hazards and gives out free family preparedness guides on request.

575-574-0065

With the American Red Cross, the county gives and installs free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working ones.

575-574-0065

Interagency wildland fire dispatch for the Gila/Las Cruces zone. To report a new fire call 911 or this center.

575-538-5371

Grant County Planning & Community Development assigns rural (911) street addresses in unincorporated areas and fixes addressing problems. A real physical address helps for ID, mail, utilities and ambulances finding you. Report issues online or call GIS.

575-574-0037

Join one of Grant County's volunteer fire departments. Apply online or with a paper application packet through County Fire Management.

575-574-0035

Las Cruces Salvation Army offers clothing and furniture vouchers, a food pantry, and utility help when funds allow; cash help is mostly limited to fire or flood emergencies.

575-524-4713

Southern Baptist volunteer disaster teams from the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. They provide mass feeding, cleanup and recovery work, and chaplains during New Mexico disasters. In October 2026 they were running flood recovery in the Las Cruces area.

505-924-2315

When a disaster is federally declared, survivors can apply for FEMA help with temporary housing, repairs and other losses, and check application status.

1-800-621-3362

Christian volunteer group that repairs and rebuilds homes after disasters in the U.S. and Canada. It focuses on people who could not otherwise afford to recover.

800-241-8111

Official forecasts and warnings (cold, heat, flood, fire weather) for southwest New Mexico including Grant County; check before cold nights or storms.

If anyone smells gas or hears hissing, leave the area, call 911, then call the gas company emergency line. Do not use switches, phones or flames near the leak.

1-888-664-2726

State agency for disasters; posts evacuation and recovery information and runs state disaster helplines and recovery centers when a disaster is declared. Recommends turning on Emergency Alerts on phones.

505-476-9600

Check road closures, snow and flood conditions before traveling or sending a client on a trip.

511

Official interagency website for New Mexico wildfires, fire restrictions, closures and prescribed burns; helpful for clients camping in the Gila. Free email updates available.

Christian relief charity that responds to disasters across the U.S. and worldwide with food, water, medical aid and shelter, and later helps families rebuild.

800-730-2537

PNM is the electric utility for Silver City and the Mining District towns. Report outages 24/7 by phone, online, or text #OUT to 78766.

888-342-5766

PNM supplies electricity in Silver City and Deming. Report outages 24 hours by phone, online or text (#OUT to 78766 after registering). For downed lines or fire, call 911 first.

1-888-342-5766

Christian relief group that sends volunteer teams after U.S. disasters. Teams tarp roofs, muck out flooded homes, cut and remove fallen trees, sift through ashes after fires, and repair or rebuild homes.

828-262-1980

Free counseling by call or text for anyone upset after a fire, flood or other disaster, including survivors, responders and family. Press 2 for Spanish; interpreters in 100+ languages.

1-800-985-5990