Editing Highland County, Virginia (section)

===Emergency services===
There are three [[volunteer fire department]]s servicing Highland County. The southern portions of the county are serviced by the Bolar Volunteer Fire Department headquartered in the village of Bolar in neighboring Bath County, Virginia. The McDowell Volunteer Fire Department, organized in 1978, serves the areas of McDowell, [[Doe Hill, Virginia|Doe Hill]], and Head Waters.<ref name="services"/><ref name="overview4">''[[#EconOverview|Economic Overview 2002 Bath and Highland County]]'', 2002, p. 4.</ref><ref name="fire department">{{cite web|title=History of the McDowell Vol. Fire Dept.|publisher=McDowell Volunteer Fire Department|url=http://www.mcdowellfire.com/History_of_MVFD.html|access-date=December 30, 2013}}</ref>  The areas of Monterey and [[Blue Grass, Virginia|Blue Grass]] are served by the Highland County Volunteer Fire Department.  [[Rescue squad]] services for the county are provided by the Highland County Volunteer Rescue Squad which has locations in Monterey and McDowell.<ref name="services"/><ref name="overview4"/>

The Highland County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services to the entire county and is located in Monterey.<ref name="services"/>  In 2012, the department had 7 sworn deputies and employed 5 civilians.<ref name="crime">{{cite web|title=Crime in Virginia|publisher=Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Department of State Police|year=2012|url=http://www.vsp.state.va.us/downloads/Crime_in_Virginia_2012.pdf|access-date=December 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112104211/http://www.vsp.state.va.us/downloads/Crime_in_Virginia_2012.pdf|archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>