Adams Twp ~ Emergency Services

*Safety Tips* *Help Emergency Services Providers to help you*
	For Emergencies Dial 9-1-1

		Is Your Number Up?

In an emergency, police, fire and rescue workers depend on house numbers to find where their services are needed. Hidden, unlighted or nonexistent house numbers often waste precious time. House numbering guidelines include the following: Numbers must be visible from the street. Numbers should be at least four inches high. Numbers should be placed on a contrasting background, with a reflective coating on the numbers for easy visibility at night. Numbers should be placed on or beside the front door. If your door is not easily seen from the street, put the numbers on a post, fence or tree at the driveway entrance so that they can be clearly seen from the street. In addition to the numbers on the front door of your house, if you have a rural style mailbox, reflective and contrasting numbers should be placed on both sides of the box so a fire truck or ambulance approaching from either direction can see them. It is not necessary to put your name on your mailbox. Only your house number and, if there is room, the road or street name. Having the street name on the mailbox is useful to emergency services and the post office, especially if with the municipal street sign is missing.