Editing Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Emergency services==
The Hollidaysburg Police Department is located in the municipal building on Blair Street. It has nine full-time officers, and a small component of auxiliary police, including one parking meter attendant. The fleet consists of Ford Explorer patrol vehicles. Shifts are eight hours, and there are one to two officers on duty 24 hours a day. They respond to over 4000 calls for service per year.

The fire department is formally known as Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department, Blair County fire station 10. It is an all-volunteer fire department, and is over 100 years old. It consists of approximately 20 active volunteers, and responds to fires, vehicle accidents, medical incidents, and other public service details, using a four-vehicle fleet. The department responds to approximately 500 calls for service per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixvfd.org|title=Phoenix Fire Dept|author=Phoenix Fire Dept|work=phoenixvfd.org}}</ref>

EMS services are provided by Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance Service and Blair County stations 410, 418, and 419. The service is a career department, employing casual and full-time personnel, including approximately twenty casual EMTs and paramedics, and nearly the same number full-time. The service originally started as a single ambulance, volunteer organization, in 1939, serving the borough. Over the years, it has grown substantially, and today operates four ambulances 24 hours a day, covering the boroughs of Hollidaysburg, [[Martinsburg, Pennsylvania|Martinsburg]], the town of [[Williamsburg, Pennsylvania|Williamsburg]], and the townships of [[Blair Township, Pennsylvania|Blair]], [[Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Frankstown]], [[Catharine Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Catharine]], [[Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Woodbury]], [[North Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|North Woodbury]], and [[Huston Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Huston]]; as well as providing paramedic assistance to ambulance services in several areas of [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]]. The service answers roughly 5500 emergency calls and non-emergency ambulance transports per year, as well as several thousand transports using wheelchair vans. The fleet consists of 8 ambulances, 4 wheelchair vans, and 1 medic response vehicle. The main station is located at 801 Scotch Valley Road in Hollidaysburg.<ref>[http://halasems.org H.A.L.A.S. | Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance Service]. Halasems.org (2012-12-10). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref>