VIRGIL FIRE DEPARTMENT VIRGIL, NEW YORK911 Address Signs
You will be very surprised at how hard some houses are to find. Many houses in our district do not have house numbers that are easily visible during the day, if they have any at all. Imagine, one night something happens and you call 911 for emergency services. Your black and even gold medal house numbers screwed into your front porch’s dark colored post, that are not that easily found during the day, become impossible to find during the night.
Emergency vehicles drive down your street, who are looking for your house, drive by it because they can’t find it. Losing precious moments that could save a life. We sell 911 address signs that are big enough to read from a reasonable distance and are reflective to light. They have a light green background with white numbers which are both reflective.
Okay, you think your house number is easy to read. We have a test for you. Invite a friend or an associate to your house at night. Just give them your street address and how to find your street. The basic information most emergency vehicles have is the location of the street and a house number. Do not tell them where you are on the street. After they arrive, ask them how easy it was to find your house. If you are unable to find someone to do this, and would like our opinion, call our station and we will drive by and call you back with our thoughts. If you would like to order our 911 house address signs, please call our station and leave a message and we will get back to you ASAP!
Something for you to think about. You may have adequate numbers on your mailbox, but, is your mailbox grouped with others? If so, can your mailbox numbers be easily matched to your house? Most mailboxes are on one side of the street, some are even grouped together. Having numbers visible from the road on your house, is just as important as having your numbers on the mailbox for the postman.
