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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
Town continues to update emergency-911 system
By Lara Kirkner
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
 Having a correctly posted address is critical in life and death situations.MAMMOTH TIMES PHOTO/SUSAN MORNING
This nightmarish scene is a reality in Mammoth Lakes.
Since 2002, Nate Greenberg, who is contracted with the Town of Mammoth Lakes, has been collecting addresses and building data to discern which addresses in the town are correct, which ones are wrong, and which ones are simply non-existent or not posted at all.
With the data collection nearly 90 percent complete, Greenberg has moved on to the second phase of the update, which included field checks so that the Town can update its addressing ordinance.
The field checks had employees actually out in the community checking to see who had their addresses posted incorrectly, or not at all. Out of the many addresses in town, 700 are incorrect or not posted.
Greenberg will soon be sending out letters to those residents who are out of compliance to educate them on the dangers of having an incorrect address or no address at all, and asking them to get into compliance by posting their correct address.
The process has been a collaboration between the Town of Mammoth Lakes, the Mammoth Lakes Police Department, Mono County and the Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District, all of which have a stake in the community's welfare.
In order to determine if your property is in compliance with the standard that has been developed for the community, the above agencies are requiring that the address number be accurately displayed so that the numbers can be seen from the road even with a maximum snowpack, usually the best location is in the vicinity of the garage and in line with the driveway. Numbers should be a minimum of four inches in height, and of a contrasting color to that of the background area to which the numbers are mounted.
For condo/townhome/apartment buildings with more than one structure in the complex, the agencies are requiring that letters be assigned to each building that are a minimum of 18 inches in size and of contrasting color.
The data Greenberg has collected has been entered into a GIS program using RIMS maps. The plan is to have emergency vehicles outfitted with laptop computers that have this GIS information in them. The maps will show the specific location of an emergency, cutting down on response time. |
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