The City is covered by a combination of full-time and part-time volunteers who provide both fire protection and professional emergency medical services. The City's two fire stations are staffed with firefighter paramedics 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to handle emergency calls. Funding for fire services is both through the City of Wadsworth's General Fund and a fire levy. The EMS is funded by customer billing and an EMS levy.

The City's Fire/EMS Department participates in numerous community programs including Safety Town; CPR Training; Safety Forces Camp for 5th through 7th graders; Info Tube; a coloring book program for pre-school through 4th grade; public education tours, and car seat safety seat and seat belt inspections. Contact Fire Chief Ralph Copley at 330-335-2849 for additional information.

Police Service in the City of Wadsworth is provided by 29 full-time Police officers and 8 full-time Dispatchers who handle all the calls involving emergency services. In addition to their regular Police work, the department also provides the following services to the community: a Third Grade Safety Belt Program; Juvenile Community Service programs; Safe Escape, designed to help youth recognize at-risk situations and provide them with tactics to prevent an abduction; National Night Out; None for Under 21, for local alcohol permit holders; Safety Forces Camp; Safety Town; Block Watch; Alzheimer's Registry; Citizen's Academy; a Crisis Victim Coordinator; and Senior House Checks. They also participate in Students in Government Day and Reality Day for Wadsworth students.

Wadsworth Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 45 has several programs of its own, including adoption of a portion of Interstate 76 for litter control; the Shop-With-A-Cop program for less fortunate children; and helping with the annual food drive to benefit the Salvation Army.

Contact Police Chief David Singleton at 330-335-2754 for additional information.