This is the address that will be displayed on the computer monitor at dispatch headquarters. Some residents who live in unincorporated annexes may discover that the address found at 911 is not their mailing address. When the 911 databases were being compiled, certain street addresses had to be changed to reflect the official street designation, not necessarily the name you have become accustomed to using. Check with your local police on a non-emergency line to verify that your 911 address is indeed correct, and make note of any changes in address information. The drivers should still be heading to your precise location, but merely using a different address designation.
Many residents elect to purchase very elaborate number plates for their homes.
Some can be very easy to read from the street, while others may be very stylized or otherwise difficult to read. Drivers of emergency vehicles will often find the street first, then start scanning house numbers for the correct address. Houses with missing or obscured numbers can slow this process down, so even if your house is not the one in need of service, you still need to provide legible house numbers. If you cannot make the numbers on the house more visible, then you can still make the numbers on a standing mailbox more plain. If this proves troublesome, then at least make sure that the street curb numbers have been painted clearly.