Emergencies in Fort-de-France

Good to Know

• 112 works across the whole EU and can be used by visitors as a catch-all emergency number if unsure which service to call.
• If your phone rings from 0800 112 112 after you've called an emergency number, it's a genuine callback from emergency services (not telemarketing) — pick up.
• France no longer relies on a dedicated downloadable safety app; alerts (including hurricane/cyclone warnings relevant to Martinique) are pushed directly to phones via the FR-Alert cell-broadcast system, so no app installation is needed to receive them.
• 114 is for deaf/hard-of-hearing users only and works via SMS or fax, not voice calls.
• For any life-threatening emergency in Fort-de-France, call 15 (SAMU, the French national medical emergency number) or the EU-wide 112 — this applies across mainland France and its overseas territories including Martinique.
• The CHU de Martinique's emergency department is the island's main trauma and critical-care referral point; it relocated to a newer building (Pierre Zobda-Quitman 2 / 'Nouveau Plateau Technique') within the same La Meynard hospital campus in 2017, so signage and older addresses may still reference the original Pierre Zobda-Quitman building.
• Clinique Saint-Paul is a private facility better suited to non-critical urgent care, scheduled surgery, and maternity — for major trauma or life-threatening conditions, the CHU (Zobda-Quitman) is the appropriate destination.