Kilmacolm - Public Services

Public Services

The territorial police force covering Kilmacolm is Strathclyde Police, who maintain a small police office in the village - relocated in early 2011 from a separate police building to within the refurbished Cargill Centre. The settlements of Kilmacolm and Quarrier's form the main part of the Inverclyde East community policing area, which falls within the operational area of Strathclyde Police's K Division (Renfrewshire and Inverclyde). For judicial purposes, the area forms part of the sheriffdom of North Strathclyde and public prosecutions are directed by the Procurator Fiscal for Argyll and Clyde.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the National Health Service Board providing public health care in Kilmacolm. The village also falls within the Inverclyde Community Health Partnership area - an organisation which plans and delivers a number of NHS services. Within the village itself, there are two general practitioner's surgeries. The nearest major hospitals with accident and emergency facilities are the Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock and Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Strathclyde Fire and Rescue is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the Kilmacolm area, the nearest station being at Port Glasgow.

Water and sewerage is provided in Kilmacolm by Scottish Water, a public body, and water and sewerage charges are collected alongside council tax by Inverclyde Council, the local authority, on its behalf. Inverclyde Council is also responsible for the provision of waste management in the area. Kilmacolm's Distribution Network Operator, the organisation licensed to transmit electricity from the National Grid to consumers, is Scottish Power.