It’s 1:00 in the morning,

the neighborhood has settled down for the night. You wake up thirsty and get up to get a drink of water. You trip and fall. You manage to drag yourself to the phone by the bed and call 911. You are able to tell them your address and that you need an ambulance. With a sigh of relief you settle back, in pain, but thankful that even though you are alone and the bedroom is on the back of the house where emergency personnel can’t see a light you feel confident that help will arrive soon.

But Will They? Can They Find Your House?

All the lights in the neighborhood appear to be off, so this doesn’t give the emergency responders a clue to where they are going and YOU never took the time to post address numbers on your house or mail box and neither did your neighbors. Thankfully, this is not a life-threatening situation and other than having to wait a little longer in pain while the ambulance crew tries to determine exactly where you live, everything will turn out okay. But what if it was a life-threatening medical emergency or you needed law enforcement or the fire department immediately and these agencies were delayed in responding to you because they could not locate your house? The outcome could be very different. Unfortunately, this is a situation encountered almost daily by one of our emergency response agencies. A lot of houses are not clearly marked with an address. For your protection you should:

Post your address numbers on your house of a minimum of three (3) inches in height so as to be seen easily from the road.

Use address numbers set on a background of a contrasting color.

Use plain block numbers.

Post your address numbers of at least six (6) inches in height on the front of the building facing the road or on the end of the building nearest the road if living in a multiple dwelling unit or nonresidential building.

Post your address numbers facing the street named in the address if your house is located on a corner lot.

The cost of address numbers is minimal especially when you consider that this simple intervention could safe-guard you and your family in the event an emergency response is ever needed at your home. The Tele-communicators of Pasquotank and Camden Counties want Emergency personnel to get to you quickly.

Post Your Address Numbers!!

Pasquotank-Nixonton Volunteer Fire Department

or... Stop by the station for an information brochure located in a box at the front of the fire station.

Pasquotank-Providence Volunteer Fire Department

Stop by H.M. Layden Service Station located on North Road Street just pass the fire department and asked for Mrs. Audrey Layden. She will get the necessary information and assist you with your sign.