Rattlesnake Renumbering

[Webbsatwinni]

We were just going through some of our Rattlesnake paper work and I remembered a question that I was going to post some time ago but never did. Our house has two numbers, a one hundred series and that changed before we purchased to a nine hundred series. I have heard it had something to do with 9/11 but never understood the connection.

I figured that while it was on my mind, I would post it and see if anyone could shed some light on the reason why it changed.

Thanks!

[jerseyonbear]

We found out this summer how important it is to know you 911 number.This is how emergency responders can locate you if there is a need. I suggest you post this number near your phone so anyone who might need to call has it at their fingertips.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

The numbers changed about 2003 for 911 purposes.

You do not need to display the old number at all, the new one is the right way to go. Why add confusion during an emergency? Some of the old timers do not want to give in, which I cannot understand.

I believe the new number should be the 900 series. I do have the whole island map, so I can check it for you if you would like.

[Webbsatwinni]

Thanks,

I have my number, I was just wondering why they changed?

[Slickcraft]

The 911 renumbering in Alton was for the whole town. Many streets had no numbers and those that did were not standardized.

The standardized numbering used 50' increments on both streets and islands as well as standardized starting points.
http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/emergservices/nh911/documents/addressingstandards.pdf

While current laws require more than 50' frontage who knows about the future. One objective is to avoid future renumbering as housing becomes more dense.

Overall standardized numbering from town to town helps emergency responders locate the emergency. Also GPS coordinates were entered into the 911 data base for each unique address.

[Island-Ho]

Ever wonder how your little car GPS navigator finds the exact house address you are looking for? Certainly it does NOT contain coordinates for every house in the country. With standardized number spacing it can simply measure from a known intersection and arrive pretty close to the house number you are looking for. (assuming of course the numbers are on a standard spacing, which of course many are not!):(

[Happy Gourmand]

Ever wonder how your little car GPS navigator finds the exact house address you are looking for? Certainly it does NOT contain coordinates for every house in the country. With standardized number spacing it can simply measure from a known intersection and arrive pretty close to the house number you are looking for. (assuming of course the numbers are on a standard spacing, which of course many are not!):(

Yup...I live at #40.....GPS gets me to my driveway when I put in 84.