Editing Hanover, New York (section)

==  Law enforcement, fire protection and EMS ==
Law enforcement in the town of Hanover is provided by the [[Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office (New York)|Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office]] and the [[New York State Police]]. The presiding justices for the town are Philip Hall and James McGowan. Court is held every Monday at 10 A.M. and every Thursday at 7 P.M.

Fire protection for the town of Hanover is supplied by the following fire departments:

'''Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department''', with district lines from the Sheridan/Silver Creek line on NY 5 to the west, and the Sheridan/Hanover lines with US 20 and East Middle Road. It also borders Hanover Hose Co. #1, better known as Hanover Center, at Bennett State Road at Stebbins Road as well as [[Sunset Bay, New York|Sunset Bay]] at NY 5/US 20 at Hanford Road.

'''Irving Volunteer Fire Department''', with district lines that run east to the county line and west to Seneca Road on the western side of the road. Its borders also run in a zig zag pattern to the south on Buffalo Road south of the New York State Thruway with the county's border with the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. Irving also handles all calls on the Thruway in a contract between the Thruway Authority, Irving Volunteer Fire, Silver Creek EMS, Silver Creek Volunteer Fire, Alstar, and the New York State Police.

'''Sunset Bay Volunteer Fire Company''', an independent fire company in the town that handles all calls within Sunset Bay and outside it on NY 5/US 20 from east of Hanford Road to the western side of Seneca Road. It borders the lines of Irving, Hanover Center, and Silver Creek to the west, east, and south.

'''Hanover Hose Company #1 (Hanover Center)''', which started as Silver Creek Hose Co. #2 before separating from the Silver Creek Fire Department in 1959. Since that time it has remained an independent fire company that contracts with the town. It is bordered by Silver Creek to the north, Sunset Bay to the northeast, Irving to the east, Forestville to the southwest, and South Dayton to the south. It has the largest coverage in the town for fire protection.

'''Forestville Volunteer Fire Department''', the fire department for the village of Forestville. It provides EMS protection for the town of Hanover south of King Road in the Hanover Center Fire District. It also provides fire and EMS protection in the towns of [[Villenova, New York|Villenova]] and [[Arkwright, New York|Arkwright]].

'''Silver Creek EMS''', an independent squad run by the Silver Creek Fire Department and village of Silver Creek. The squad provides EMS protection to town residents north of King Road as well per contract with the NYS Thruway Authority. It is a BLS service, with ALS provided by Alstar Ambulance in [[Dunkirk, New York|Dunkirk]].

All are dispatched by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Dispatch Center in [[Mayville, New York|Mayville]] under the FCC call sign KEB 909.