About the National Capital Region (NCR)

The National Capital Region (NCR) is not an operational entity because emergency response is a local function. Because the NCR is a collection of sovereign jurisdictions, including cities, counties, states and the District of Columbia, this website and the efforts of the region's communicators and public information officers will focus on regional collaboration between the region’s homeland security partners to achieve a “safe and secure National Capital Region.”

Learn more about the jurisdictions in the NCR from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).

Below are the jursidictions that comprise the National Capital Region:

District of Columbia:
District of Columbia

Maryland:
Bladensburg*
Bowie  
Charles County
College Park 
Frederick
Frederick County  
Gaithersburg 
Greenbelt 
Montgomery County 
Prince George's County
Rockville 
Takoma Park 

Virginia:
Alexandria
Arlington County
Fairfax
Fairfax County
Falls Church
Loudoun County
Manassas
Manassas Park  
Prince William County

* adjunct member