Below are useful contact details for anyone living near heathland:
| Organisation | Contact number |
| Dorset Police non-emergency | 101 |
| Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service non-emergency | 01722 691000 |
| Environment Agency incident hotline (24hr) | 0800 807 060 |
| Environment Agency Floodline (24hr) | 0345 988 1188 |
| Wessex Water emergency line | 0345 600 4 600 |
| Gas emergency number | 0800 111 999 |
| Electricity emergency number | 0800 072 7282 |
| RSPCA | 0300 1234 999 |
| RSPB (Arne Office) | 01929 553360 |
| Dorset Heaths Partnership project office | 01202 642787 |
| Dorset Urban Heaths Grazing Partnership Grazing Co-ordinator | 07823 534687 |
| BCP Council Animal Welfare Officers (dog warden, Bournemouth area) | 01202 451306 |
| BCP Council Animal Welfare Officers (dog warden, Christchurch area) | 91202 454957 |
| BCP Council Animal Welfare Officers (dog warden, Poole area) | 01202 261700 |
| Dorset Council (dog warden, East Dorset area) | 01202 795185 |
| Dorset Council Environmental Enforcement Officer (Purbeck area) | 01929 556561 |