Fire sign (address)

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Fire sign
Dual sided fire sign address with vertical lettering
Fire sign
Dual sided fire sign address with town and road name

A fire sign is an address placed towards the end of driveways out in more rural towns. They are usually bolted on to steel fence posts that are driven into the ground. Each town or county sets the standard as to how the address sign shall look, such as vertical or horizontal numbers and letters, dual or single sided, town/community name or road displayed.[1]

Well placed visible signs are essential to help people find specific locations in a timely manner as well as emergency services such as police, fire department, or ambulance and also delivery workers such as United States Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, and more.[2]

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  1. ^ "Fire Signs | Decker Supply". deckersupply.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Rural Address Signs - Addison Fire Protection District". addisonfire.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.