Do you need urgent help?
If you’re in trouble and need urgent help, please find the best number to call from the following list of emergency contacts.
If you have one of the below issues, please call Link Housing as soon as possible. If calling outside of our normal business hours, follow the prompts to select option “1” and speak to our after-hours team. They will ask you a series of questions and let you know the next steps.
- Burst water service
- Blocked or broken toilet system
- Serious roof leak
- Dangerous electrical fault
- Failure or breakdown of gas, electricity or water supply
- Failure or breakdown of any essential service
for hot water, cooking and heating - Any unsafe fault or damage
Emergencies involving gas leaks, flooding, storm or fire damage
Call 000
(If you are hearing/speech impaired use TTY: 106)
Life-threatening emergency
Call 000
(If you are hearing/speech impaired use TTY: 106)
General help in a flood or storm
Call the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) on 132 500
Bushfires
Call the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) on 1800 679 737
Crime, law and order
In an emergency, call 000.
For non-urgent assistance, call the Police Assistance Line on 131 444
To report information about crime anonymously call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
Fire and rescue
In an emergency, call 000.
See the NSW Fire and Rescue website for more information: www.fire.nsw.gov.au
Counterterrorism
Call the National Security Hotline on 1800 1234 00
Translating and interpreting service (24/7)
Call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50
If you have trouble speaking English, ask them to contact any of the numbers above to interpret for you.
Poisons Information Centre (24/7)
Call 13 11 26
NSW Rape Crisis (24/7)
Call 1800 424 017
Domestic Violence Crisis Line (24/7)
Call 1800 65 64 63
National Sexual Assault Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Line
Call 1800 737 732 (1800 RESPECT)
Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS)
Call 1800 938 227
Kids Helpline (24/7)
Call 1800 55 1800
Lifeline (24/7)
Call 13 11 14