Worth County Residents to Get New E-911 Addresses

As most of the residents of Worth County are aware, Worth County has entered into a contract with GeoComm Inc. of Saint Cloud MN (www.geo-comm.com) to implement an enhanced 9-1-1 system for the residents of Worth County.
Worth County residents will begin receiving notification letters within the next several weeks advising them of their new E-911 address.
Residents are requested to post their address for E-911 so that they can easily be seen by emergency service responders. Residents should use a minimum of 4 inch numbers, preferably reflective on the structure. For those residents with long driveways, addresses should be posted alongside the driveway so that they can be seen coming from both directions on the road.
Residents currently using a rural route and box number for mailing purposes will begin using their new address for mail as well as for E-911. The U.S. Postal Service will deliver to both the route/box and the new address for one year to enable residents to notify all correspondents and to use up existing stationary, checks, etc. After one year, the U.S. Postal Service will drop the route/box information from their records and will no longer deliver mail to them. Those residents receiving rural mail delivery are requested to post their new address for their route carrier in addition to posting the address for E-911. If the mailbox is located on the same road as the structure, it should be sufficient to post just the house number on the mailbox. If the mailbox is located on a different road than the structure, the house number and street name should be posted on the mailbox. Abbreviations of the road name on the mailbox are acceptable. Cluster mailboxes can have the new addresses posted and abbreviated on the lid of the mailbox.
Residents using a Post Office Box for mailing purposes should not include or use their E-911 address for mail, but are required to post their E-911 address for emergency service response. It is important for residents using Post Office Boxes to call GeoComm to confirm their physical location.
These new addresses are part of a uniform addressing system established within the County and affect all rural county residents. The addressing system was based on the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) guidelines for addressing. The purpose of the new system is to assign a complete locatable street type addressing for E-911 purposes. The addressing grid begins at 10,000 at the northwest corner of the county and increases by 1,000 addresses for each mile going north and south.
Residents who have questions or concerns after receiving their notification letter should contact GeoComm Inc., Worth County addressing consultant, at (888) 436–2666 within the next two weeks between the hours of 8:00-5:00 CST.