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6 PROJECT ACTIVITY: The Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department with the cooperation of the Orange County Planning Department, the Orange County Tax Office, The U.S. Postal Service and the Orange County Firefighters Association will mail to each residence of the district the numbers that make up their street number with an explanation as to where the numbers should be applied in accordance with the U.S. Postal Service, and why visible numbers on the mailboxes are so important for emergency personnel. A sticker will also be included to be kept by the phone. The resident will fill in their address and proper emergency dialing directions. The all- volunteer department will undertake the mailing. Also, the letter will provide several contact firefighters and their phone numbers for those individuals who may not be able to apply the numbers themselves. If numbers are already on the right side of the mailbox, the letter will suggest affixing the numbers to the other side for two -way visibility. The direction emergency personnel respond from is not always the same direction the mail is delivered on. The Orange County Firefighters Association has recommended 3" high black reflective waterproof numbers. The letter will also invite the residents of the district to two open houses, staffed by fire department personnel, to be held in August and November 1991 that will highlight safety tips and precautions in case of fire or other emergency. Also, maps will be provided with directions describing the fastest route from the fire station to the particular residence to be kept by the phone and used by the occupants to give clear directions if an emergency is called in to Orange Central Communications. A running card with the same directions to the particular street address will also be filled out and kept by the fire department for permanent reference. The Orange County Tax Office will provide the street address for every residence in the district. The numbers will be purchased from a sign manufacturer at bulk discount. It should be noted that the Orange County Planning Department has produced a flyer describing the new numbering system and mailed it several months ago throughout the county. A new flyer will be mailed to each resident of the County explaining the penalty through ordinance requirements for not displaying the proper street address plainly on the mailbox. The Planning Department has agreed to withhold the flyer mailing from our district until two weeks after our letter containing the street address numbers has been mailed. The Board of Directors does not know of any other projects aimed at increasing community emergency communication being carried out in Orange County. During the months of September and October, the volunteers will erect Caldwell Fire District signs along the major roads of the district identifying the Caldwell Fire District and displaying the number to call in case of an emergency. Arrangements will be made with the N.C. Department of Corrections, Prison Enterprises to manufacture N.C.D.O.T. approved signs. Their have been no other funds committed to this project and it will not be an ongoing one. The project will be carried out during the last half of 1991 and completed by December, 1991.