Emergency Services

Town of Cairo Police Department

The Town of Cairo does not have a town police department. The Ritchie County Sheriff's Office and the West Virginia State Police are empowered to enforce the law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in the Town of Cairo.
 
Phone: 304-643-2262 or 911
Fax: 304-643-4208
 
Ritchie County Police Department
109 East North Street

Town of Cairo Fire Department

The Fire Department that is empowered to provide fire protection and first response services for the Town of Cairo is the Cairo Fire Department. The Cairo Fire Department also employs the services of other VFDs to oversee the fire protection district that encompasses the Town of Cairo.
 
Fire Chief: Ralph Layfield
 
Phone: 304-628-3312 or 911
 
Cairo Fire Department
PO Box 429
Cairo, WV 26337
  

Ritchie County Ambulance Authority

Ritchie County Ambulance Authority is a branch of emergency services dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency. The goal of the Ritchie County Ambulance Authority is to either provide treatment to those in need of urgent medical care, with the goal of satisfactorily treating the malady, or arranging for timely removal of the patient to the next point of definitive care.
 
Phone: 304-643-2369 or 911
Fax: 304-643-5291
 
Ritchie County Ambulance Authority
1610 East Main Street
Harrisville, WV 26362
 
rcaainc@zoominternet.net
www.ritchiecountyambulance.org