Emergency Numbers 9-1-1
This three-digit number, nine-one-one, may be instrumental in saving your life–or saving someone else’s. The 9-1-1 system covers all of Los Angeles County and is to be used for any police, fire, or medical EMERGENCY ONLY. Just dial 9-1-1 and state the nature of the emergency. The telephone number from which you are calling, whether published or unlisted, will be automatically displayed on a viewing screen located at the public safety answering point. This enables the emergency agency to quickly locate the caller if the call is disrupted by the crisis, and to immediately dispatch the necessary aid.
Downey Police Department
In emergencies dial 911.
Phone: (562) 861-0771
Business Office, 10911 S. Brookshire Ave., Downey
Downey Fire Department
In emergencies dial 911.
Phone: (562) 904-7345
Business Office, 11111 Brookshire Ave., Downey
CHP/California Highway Patrol
(800) 835-5247
Crisis Intervention Agency
Ask the Operator for ZENITH 2-1234
Hospitals
Kaiser Permanente
9333 Imperial Highway
Downey, CA 90242
(562) 461-3000
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
7601 E. Imperial Hwy.
Downey, CA
(562) 401-7111
(A County facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of crippling, chronic diseases.)
Other health facilities include 11 convalescent hospitals and nursing homes, and numerous retirement facilities.
Judicial Courts
Downey Court
7500 E. Imperial Hwy.
Downey,CA
(562) 803-7057
Norwalk Court
12720 Norwalk Blvd.
Norwalk, CA
(562) 807-7266
U.S. Postal Service
Downey Main Post Office
8111 S. Firestone Blvd., Downey, (562) 622-5745
Branches
North & South Downey Stn. (800) 275-8777
Utilities/Service
- Time Warner Cable (888) 892-2253
- Southern California Edison Co. (800) 655-4555
- Southern California Gas Co. (800) 427-2200
- Water Billing–City of Downey, (562) 904-7246
Chamber of Commerce
Downey Chamber of Commerce
11131 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA 90241
(562) 923-2191
Library
Downey City Library
11121 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA
(562) 904-7360
Located within the Civic Center complex, the Downey City Library in the spring of 1984 opened its newly enlarged 27,500-square-foot facility. Services include adult and children’s sections and audiovisual, circulation and technical departments.
Education
Downey Unified School District
11627 S. Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA 90241
(562) 904-5300
www.dusd.net
Adult Education
For adults, there is the Downey Adult School, Cerritos College in nearby Norwalk, and more than a half dozen colleges or universities within easy driving distance.
Downey Adult School
11042 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA
(562) 904-6200
Cerritos College
11110 E. Alondra Blvd.,
Norwalk, CA
(562) 860-2451
Rio Hondo College
3600 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA
(562) 692-0921
Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA)
(562) 803-3301
