Short answer
Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Help Me is for small, everyday favors in public places: a phone charger, directions, saving a seat, a jump start in daylight. It does not dispatch police, fire, or medical help.
The facts, in one place
- In danger, call 911 or your local emergency number first.
- Help Me does not dispatch emergency services.
- Help Me is for the small stuff, under five minutes, in public.
- Official numbers for Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead are on the Resources pages.
Call 911 when
Use official emergency services for immediate danger, a medical emergency, a fire, a crime in progress, or anyone who cannot wait for a neighbor. Do not wait on an app when you need an official response.
- Fargo, West Fargo, and Cass County, ND: 911.
- Moorhead, Dilworth, and Clay County, MN: 911.
- Campus emergencies: the school's public safety number, or 911.
Use Help Me when
The day is stuck but nobody is in danger. Your phone dies at the library. You are circling a building looking for the right door. You need someone to hold your seat. A dead battery in a busy lot in daylight. Two more hands for a couch on move-in weekend. Small, public, and over in minutes.
Official numbers live on Resources
We keep a separate set of pages for Fargo Police, Moorhead Police, West Fargo Police, campus public safety offices, 211, and county services. Those are the pages to bookmark for official help. The app is for a neighbor, not a dispatcher.
Questions people actually ask
No. Help Me does not dispatch emergency services. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number directly.
If it is an emergency, call 911 first. Use Help Me later for the small stuff, if you still need a hand.
Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead police each have a non-emergency line. They are listed on the Resources pages, and 211 covers local services.
Keep going
- Ground rulesThe ground rules, said plainlyHow Help Me handles your location, who can help, private chat, and meeting in public. Plus how to report or block anyone. Help Me is not an emergency service.
- 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.
- 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.
- NDSUNDSU Police and Safety — official campus helpNDSU University Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-231-8998 for campus police and escorts. Help Me is not campus security.
- The small stuffThe small stuff you can ask forA phone charger, directions, a jump start in daylight, two more hands for a couch. The everyday favors Help Me is for in Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead.
- Fargo-MoorheadThe numbers worth knowing before you need them911, 988, 511, and 211 across North Dakota and Minnesota, plus what each one is for. The list to save before you need it.
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.