Editing Tabaco (section)

==Public services==
; Waste disposal:
In dealing with [[solid waste management]], the City of Tabaco has adopted the usual means of dumping garbage in an open-pit [[dumpsite]]. [[Garbage]] is collected from each barangay in the Poblacion daily. The city has four garbage trucks and four compactors to ensure that the garbage is collected and disposed of in the waste disposal site located at Pinagbobong, about {{convert|4|km|adj=on}} distance from the central business district.

; Fire protection:
*The Tabaco City Fire Station, Bureau of Fire Protection is located on Ziga Ave. A total of fifteen fire officers serve in the local fire department, including the City Fire Marshall.
*The local mall (LCC) has its volunteer fire brigade that helps the fire department in extending its services to the residents of Tabaco.
*Tabaco Chinese-Filipino Volunteer Fire Brigade.

===Police and law enforcement===
; Tabaco Police Force: The [[Philippine National Police]] (PNP) Tabaco City Station is staffed by five police officers and seventy-five police NCOs (non-commissioned officers), located at Llorente St., at the back of the City Hall, headed by Police Chief Superintendent Jose Lipa Capinpin. Police headquarters is now located in front of the Central Terminal, Pawa, Tabaco City

; PNP CID Regional Office: Assisting the city police in its drive against [[criminality]] is the PNP Criminal Investigation & Detection Group Tabaco Regional Sub-Office. The station is under the direct command of the Provincial Officer and serves the first district of Albay.

; Tabaco City Jail: The Tabaco City District [[Jail]] is situated at Burac St., San Lorenzo, Tabaco City, {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} away from the city proper. The jail structure is composed of six (6) operation cells, staffed by two BJMP officers and twenty non-officer ranks.

===Utilities===
; Power:
Two [[power companies]] provide [[electricity]] to the city.
* Albay Power Electric Cooperative inc (ALECO) in Matagbac, Tabaco City serves 35 of the 47 [[barangay]]s of the town or 74% of the city.
* ASCO-Tabaco, located in A.A. Berces Street, San Juan, Tabaco City serves the rest of the city.
* The office of Albay Power Electric Cooperative in Tabaco City is Located in J.B Berces street/Rizal street, Bacolod/Tayhi Tabaco City.

; Water:
[[Water supply]] is managed by the Tabaco Water District (TAWAD) located in Karangahan Blvd. Tabaco City. Its present service area encompasses the Poblacion and 21 other barangays, serving about 25,000 people in 2,933 households presently connected to the system.<ref name="Fortune"/>