Editing Evans County, Georgia (section)

=== Law enforcement and emergency services ===
'''Sheriff:''' The sheriff maintains the peace in the county through enforcement of the law and provide judicial security and civil services of the court<ref name=countygovernments/> In Evans County, the sheriff is assisted by almost twenty employees <ref name=fingertipfacts/>

'''Fire department and EMS:''' The Evans County fire department is located in Claxton and has a fire chief, four dispatchers, and 21 volunteers.<ref name=fingertipfacts/> Ambulance services are provided by Evans County EMS. EMS has seven full-time employees and four part-time employees.<ref name=EMS>{{cite web |title=Evans County Emergency Medical Service |url=http://evanscountyga.com/ems.html |access-date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727105043/http://www.evanscountyga.com/ems.html |archive-date=July 27, 2009  }}</ref>

Evans County is represented in the [[Georgia General Assembly]] by State Senator Jack Hill in Georgia Senatorial District 4 and State Representative Bill Werkheiser. The county is represented in [[United States Congress|Congress]] by [[Rick Allen (U.S. politician)|Rick Allen]] of [[Georgia's 12th congressional district]].<ref name=fingertipfacts/>