Short answer
In Fargo-Moorhead: call 911 for danger, injury, fire, or a crime in progress on both sides of the river. Call or text 988 for a suicide or mental health crisis. Call 211 for food, housing, utilities, and referrals. Use 511 for road conditions and closures, which North Dakota and Minnesota run separately.
The facts, in one place
- 911 for danger. 988 for a mental health crisis.
- 211 for food, housing, and referrals. 511 for roads.
- Police non-emergency lines differ by city.
- Help Me is not on this list. It is not an emergency service.
Save them now, not later
The moment you need one of these is the moment you are least able to research it. Put them in your phone tonight, and put roadside assistance in there too while you are at it.
Where Help Me sits
Nowhere on this list. Help Me is for small, everyday favors between neighbors. If your situation belongs to any number above, use the number. That is the whole reason this page exists on a help app's website. Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks.
Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
The list
- 1
Danger, injury, fire, or a crime in progress. Works in Fargo, West Fargo, Cass County, Moorhead, Dilworth, and Clay County. Stay on the line and give a location a dispatcher can use.
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988: suicide and crisis lifeline
Call or text for a mental health or substance use crisis, or when you are worried about someone else. Veterans press 1.
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Free and confidential help finding food, housing, utility assistance, and health services. North Dakota and Minnesota run separate services.
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State traveler information for closures and no-travel advisories. Check the state whose roads you are driving before a winter trip.
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Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead each run their own department and non-emergency line for reports that are not in progress.
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NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia each have their own public safety office for incidents on campus property.
Questions people actually ask
Yes. 911 works on both sides of the Red River. Almost every other service follows the state and county you are in.
Call 911 anyway. Dispatchers would rather sort it out than lose time.
Each city lists its own on the official site, and the Resources pages link to them. Confirm the current number before relying on it.
Keep going
- resourcesOfficial help, listed on purposePolice, 911, 211, campus safety, food, shelter, and county services in Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo. Help Me is not these pages.
- Not 911Help Me is not an emergency serviceHelp Me is for small favors in Fargo-Moorhead. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Here is how to tell the difference.
- emergencyEmergencies: 911, then the right local deskCall 911 in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth. Campus police and 211 are next. Help Me is not emergency response.
- 211211 in North Dakota — FirstLinkDial 211 in North Dakota for food, shelter, heat, and referrals. FirstLink answers 211 at myfirstlink.org or 701-235-7335. Not Help Me.
- crisisMental health help — official crisis lines, not a neighbor chatMental-health crisis in Fargo–Moorhead: 988, 911 if in danger, FirstLink, campus counseling. Help Me is not a crisis line or a therapist.
- AnswerIs Help Me an emergency service?No. Help Me is not 911, campus police, or dispatch. For danger, injury, fire, or a crime in progress, call 911 in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.