HUBER HEIGHTS -- First responders can't respond if they can't find your home.
Scott Hall, Huber Heights Fire Chief, says a problem often over-looked is the address outside your home, "at least daily we go on a call where we have some struggle," he said.
When first responders can't find your home, they have to call dispatch and ask them to call the caller back. That can waste crucial seconds, even minutes.
Often times, dispatchers will have to tell any one inside the home to come out and wave down emergency crews.
Hall points out, if there's a fire, they can track down the home. But, a lot of calls are medical calls.
Here's what they ask:
1.) each street number is at least four inches high and a half inch wide.
2.) if you have street numbers on your mailbox, make sure they are on both sides.
3.) cursive numbers or fancy ones don't help
4.) brass and bronze numbers are difficult to see, especially at night
5.) make sure trees or shrubs aren't blocking the numbers
Huber Heights and many other cities have ordinances in place for the numbers.
Here's how you can help: Go to the street in front of your structure. Can your street number be easily read from a distance?
Scott Hall, Huber Heights Fire Chief, says a problem often over-looked is the address outside your home, "at least daily we go on a call where we have some struggle," he said.
When first responders can't find your home, they have to call dispatch and ask them to call the caller back. That can waste crucial seconds, even minutes.
Often times, dispatchers will have to tell any one inside the home to come out and wave down emergency crews.
Hall points out, if there's a fire, they can track down the home. But, a lot of calls are medical calls.
Here's what they ask:
1.) each street number is at least four inches high and a half inch wide.
2.) if you have street numbers on your mailbox, make sure they are on both sides.
3.) cursive numbers or fancy ones don't help
4.) brass and bronze numbers are difficult to see, especially at night
5.) make sure trees or shrubs aren't blocking the numbers
Huber Heights and many other cities have ordinances in place for the numbers.
Here's how you can help: Go to the street in front of your structure. Can your street number be easily read from a distance?
