Short answer
In Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth, call 911 for danger, injury, fire, or a crime in progress. 911 works on both sides of the Red River. For non-urgent police matters, the Red River Regional Dispatch Center publishes 701-451-7660. Help Me is not an emergency service and does not dispatch anyone.
The facts, in one place
- 911 works in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth.
- Stay on the line and give a location a dispatcher can use.
- Non-urgent police matters: the published regional dispatch line, 701-451-7660.
- Help Me does not dispatch emergency services.
Call 911
911 works in Fargo, West Fargo, and the rest of Cass County, North Dakota. 911 works in Moorhead, Dilworth, and the rest of Clay County, Minnesota. Stay on the line. Give a location a dispatcher can use — a building name, an intersection, a campus landmark.
- Life-threatening medical emergency: 911
- Fire: 911
- Crime in progress or immediate threat: 911
- Unsure but scared: 911 anyway. Dispatch would rather sort it than lose time.
Campus emergencies
Call 911, and call campus public safety if you can do it without delaying the first call. NDSU University Police publishes 701-231-8998. MSUM Public Safety publishes 218-477-2449. Concordia Public Safety publishes 218-299-3123. Search those office names to confirm before you need them.
Not an emergency, still official
The Red River Regional Dispatch Center publishes a metro non-emergency number, 701-451-7660, used in Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo for situations that need an officer and are not urgent. City police pages and 211 sit beside that. Help Me sits much further down the list: jump starts, walks, directions — never dispatch.
Where Help Me fits
Help Me is for the small stuff that follows an emergency: a phone charger, a hand with a car, company while you wait. It never comes before a call to 911.
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.
Questions people actually ask
No. Call 911 first. Help Me does not dispatch emergency services.
Yes. City and county services after that do not automatically match.
Say where you are first: a building name, an intersection, or a campus landmark. Then say what is happening, and stay on the line until they tell you to hang up.
Keep going
- 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.
- FargoFargo Police — official city law enforcementFargo Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-451-7660 metro non-emergency. Official site fargond.gov. Help Me does not dispatch officers.
- MoorheadMoorhead Police — official Minnesota-side law enforcementMoorhead Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-451-7660 non-emergency dispatch, 218-299-5120 general information. Official site moorheadmn.gov.
- West FargoWest Fargo Police — official city law enforcementWest Fargo Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-515-5500 department line. Official site westfargond.gov. Not Fargo Police and not Help Me.
- 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.
- 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.
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.