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911 Emergency Services Needs Your Help!
Can Police, Fire, and Paramedics find your home when every second counts?
According to the National Safety Council, 100,000 people die needlessly each year because emergency medical help did not arrive in time. Thousands of lives are lost each year due to no address, or poorly marked or addressed homes and property.
As a community we have spent thousands of taxpayer dollars instituting 911 emergency systems to cut minutes off the response times only to slow down or circle the block looking for the specific property before it's too late.
For example, in a medical emergency, every minute counts. After a two minute delay in treatment, only 92 out of 100 cardiac arrest victims will recover. After 5 minutes, the chances of recovery drops to only 25 out of 100. Most firefighters, paramedics, and police are quick to point out that a well addressed property is the key to a faster response time.
The public is now the weak link in the 911 Emergency Response System.
Please take a minute and look at your address on your home, condo, or apartment and make sure you can be found quickly. Look at the street numbers on your home from the street to see if they can be seen in the day or night. They should be in a contrasting color, a minimum of 3" high, and in a position that can be easily seen from the street.
If you have any questions about your address, please contact the fire department, we will be glad to help, 782-8159.
Let's Be Safe!
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