A free directory of 1434 places to get help in and around Grant County, New Mexico: shelter, food, recovery, health care, benefits, legal help and more. Kept up to date by the Silver City Gospel Mission.
Smells gas, or a carbon monoxide alarm is going offUse when someone smells gas (rotten eggs), hears hissing from a gas line, or a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, or people feel sick from a heater, stove or generator.
American Red Cross - Arizona and New Mexico Region2 services
Free smoke alarm installation (Home Fire Campaign)confirmed October 2026
Housing and rent help · Weather and disaster
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.
Volunteer: Red Cross disaster and shelter volunteerconfirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster · Volunteering
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.
Lost, missing or stranded person in the wilderness - call 911confirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster
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.
New Mexico Medical Reserve Corps (NM Department of Health)
Volunteer: Medical Reserve Corps (medical and non-medical)confirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster · Volunteering
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.
Who it's for: Adults; medical and non-medical volunteers. Upload training records (FEMA, CPR/First Aid) and sign code of ethics.
Volunteer: join a search and rescue teamconfirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster · Volunteering
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.
Who it's for: Join a member team and train. Email the membership director to get started.
U.S. Small Business Administration - Office of Disaster Recovery
Low-interest disaster loans for homeowners and rentersconfirmed October 2026
Housing and rent help · Money and banking · Weather and disaster
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.
Who it's for: Homeowners and renters whose primary home or belongings were damaged in a federally declared disaster area, for losses insurance did not cover. Not for second homes.
Bring: Insurance information, damage photos, income and ID information
Emergency: police, fire, ambulanceconfirmed October 2026
Medical care · Mental health and crisis · Weather and disaster · 1 miles from Silver City
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
Free text-message emergency alerts for Grant Countyconfirmed October 2026
Phone, mail and internet · Weather and disaster · 1 miles from Silver City
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.
County fire management officer (volunteer fire districts, wildfire)confirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster · 2 miles from Silver City
County Fire Management Officer coordinates the volunteer fire districts and wildfire protection plan. No separate county EMS/ambulance business line is published.
Non-emergency dispatch (police, sheriff, fire)confirmed October 2026
Weather and disaster · 2 miles from Silver City
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
Gila National Forest - Supervisor's Office2 services
Firewood cutting permits ($2 per cord)confirmed October 2026
Utilities and bills · Weather and disaster · 3 miles from Silver City
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.
Grant County Office of Emergency Management2 services
County emergency management (fires, floods, evacuations)confirmed October 2026
Emergency shelter · Weather and disaster · 3 miles from Silver City
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.
Rural addressing - get or fix a 911 street address (Planning & GIS)confirmed October 2026
ID and documents · Phone, mail and internet · Weather and disaster · 4 miles from Silver City
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.
Some help people need still isn't available in Grant County, like inpatient detox, a local public defender office, and help applying for disability. See the list, and tell us if your organization can help fill one, or if you know of help we've missed.
📞 We need volunteers to keep this guide up to date
Phone numbers, hours and services change all the time. Volunteers call each place to make sure its listing is still right, so no one makes a trip for nothing. You can do it from home, on your own schedule. An hour a week makes a real difference.
For other organizations: this directory is free to use and share. Download the whole directory (spreadsheet, updated live).
Please credit the Silver City Gospel Mission, and remember that hours and services change: call ahead before sending someone.
Kept by the Silver City Gospel Mission · 111 S. Texas St., Silver City, NM 88061 · 575-388-5071 · Updated October 28, 2026.
Information comes from the providers themselves, public sources and our staff. It is offered as a help, not a guarantee; please call ahead.