The City of Parkersburg maintains city clerk, development, park, planning commission, finance, building enforcement, and public works and library departments. It operates the Parkersburg Police Department, which provides a variety of law enforcement solutions for the general public. The department is responsible for the maintenance of law and order throughout the City of Parkersburg in West Virginia. It offers educational, crime prevention, and drug and alcohol addiction recovery programs. The department additionally provides crime investigation, witness interviewing, accident site reconstruction, stolen property recovery, training and emergency medical services. The City of Parkersburg also maintains the Parkersburg Fire Department, which offers a variety of fire safety and prevention programs to the general public. The fire department provides life, property and environment protection services to more than 33,000 citizens.