Editing Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (section)

===Public services===
Law enforcement in Mayagüez is the joint responsibility of the Mayagüez Municipal Police Department and the [[Puerto Rico Police Department]]. The first fire fighters corps in the city was created in 1876.<ref name="HIST"/>

The city has three [[Puerto Rico Police]] (State Police) facilities and one Municipal Police station, it also has the regional office of the State Emergency Management Bureau(NMEAD) as well as the offices of the Puerto Rico Seismic Network(Red Sismica de Puerto Rico) and the Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program who share facilities in the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus.

It has numerous private ambulance service organizations which covered wide parts of the western coast of Puerto Rico and choose Mayagüez for its central location to the region.

There are small volunteer organizations dedicated to aiding police and emergency services as requested by such.