The Village of Elmore is located Harris Township. Harris Township manages the Harris-Elmore Fire Department, which coordinates emergency services with the Ottawa County dispatch for 911 and emergency alerts. The Village of Elmore is within the Harris-Elmore Fire Deparment's service area for fire and EMS response.

The Harris-Elmore Fire Department maintains a fleet of nine emergency vehicles, including five fire vehicles, two EMS squads (ambulances), one SUV for multi-purpose response, and one HEXR unit (Harris-Elmore eXtreme Rescue Unit, a small off-road rescue vehicle for the bike trail, golf course, off-road rescue, or in large crowd events). The department averages 30 volunteer firefighters, ten of whom are volunteer fire and EMS responders, and an average of ten part-time EMS responders to provide 24/7 emergency response when required.