Property Management Nation

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If an emergency were ever to occur and you needed firefighters or other emergency personnel to come to your home, minutes lost due to a non-visible address could mean life or death.  Here are some tips to make sure that your address can be found quickly:

1. Walk out into the street (at night too) to make sure your address numbers are easy to see.
2. Use reflective numbers or light up signs.
3. Make sure these numbers are at least 4 inches high.
4. Address numbers should be placed above, at the side or on the main entrance and be visible from the street.
5. If your home entrance is not clearly visible from the street or set back more than 50 feet, use a second set of numbers on a mailbox or post at the end of your drive or street.
6. If you need to mark a mailbox be sure to mark both sides as emergency personnel may come from either direction.
7. Use numbers that are contrasting in color to the background.

Not only are these tips an aide for delivery personnel and postal workers, they could just save your life one day.