Editing Williamsport, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government==
{{See also|List of Mayors of Williamsport, Pennsylvania}}
[[File:The Cell Block bar crop.JPG|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Lycoming County Prison was built between 1799 and 1801; today it is a night club.]]
Williamsport operates on a "[[Strong Mayor]]" form of government, meaning the mayor is given almost total administrative authority and a clear, wide range of political independence with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads without council approval and little need for public input. The mayor is Derek Slaughter.<ref name="Meet the Mayor">{{cite web |title=Meet The Mayor |url=http://www.cityofwilliamsport.org/Meet_The_Mayor.php |publisher=City of Williamsport |access-date=2015-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325121242/http://cityofwilliamsport.org/Meet_The_Mayor.php |archive-date=March 25, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Williamsport is located in [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 23|Pennsylvania's 23rd senatorial District]], [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 83|Pennsylvania's 83rd House District]], and [[Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district]].

===Fire protection===
Williamsport Bureau of Fire was established in 1874 after a devastating fire that destroyed much of the cities down town in 1871.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northcentralpa.com/life/covid-19_public_information/williamsport-firefighter-unknowingly-exposed-to-coronavirus-patient/article_0065734a-744a-11ea-b8fe-5325f2c2af17.html|title=Williamsport firefighter unknowingly exposed to coronavirus patient|last=Snook|first=Morgan|website=NorthcentralPA.com|date=April 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406161313/https://www.northcentralpa.com/life/covid-19_public_information/williamsport-firefighter-unknowingly-exposed-to-coronavirus-patient/article_0065734a-744a-11ea-b8fe-5325f2c2af17.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It has a cooperative agreement with the [[Old Lycoming]] Volunteer Fire Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofwilliamsport.org/departments/fire/fire-department-staff-directory|title=Fire Department Staff Directory – City of Williamsport|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=2020-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928150012/https://www.cityofwilliamsport.org/departments/fire/fire-department-staff-directory|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the late 1980s, it contracts with Susquehanna Regional EMS for ambulance service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sremspa.org/our-history/|title=Our History|last=UpMcSusquehanna363|website=Susquehanna Regional EMS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2022-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125223224/https://www.sremspa.org/our-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>