As you are probably aware many of us have the names of our houses as addresses, and rarely use the street name (if it exists). A village map is in the process of being produced, and it is hoped that when this is sited in the village it will help visitors find their way around. This process is well underway and we look forward to its completion.
However in the interim there have been difficulties for emergency vehicles trying to find addresses in the village. Recently we had a fire engine and the senior fire officer up here at Gibbons Bank by mistake looking for Monsdale Lane.
Today the emergency ambulance needed help finding a house which had made a 999 call. The emergency services have asked for our help – especially with the festive season coming up.
As a temporary solution permission has been given to site a copy of the First Responders village map on a board on the roadside near to the south entrance to the village, next to the drive to Stephen Dale’s yard. We hope this will meet with the village’s approval.
However if anyone is unhappy about this, or has any alternative better solutions to the problem, we are more than happy to reconsider. Do please ring us on 390 529 or add comments to this blog entry.
Here’s to a healthy trouble-free Christmas (or is that an oxymoron?)
Season’s Greetings from Jean and Martin Compton, on behalf of Parwich First Responders
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I have the same problem with couriers reguarly asking me for directions. I wonder whether the map could be added to this site so that we can refer to it when asked for directions.
I think that you should go for it. Yesterday I was asked by the ambulance for an address which I did not recognise.
I asked them ‘who’ they were looking for but they could not tell me – rules, data protection, info left by caller???
Like Gill H I too am often asked by couriers ‘where’ a particular house is but often I do not know.Like many I know ‘who’ lives ‘where’, even if I don’t know the name of their house.’
The upshot is that whilst I can help the couriers, I could not help the emergency services.
If they operate on a basis of ‘where’ the house is, not ‘who’ is in it, then Martin and Jean’s plan is essential.
We are looking into putting the map onto the web, but there are issues to be thought about.
In the meantime, if anyone would like a copy of the map, just let us know and we will give you one
I would agree something needs to be done, recently I had to call an ambulance but I could not remember the name of a street to pass to the ambulance crews!! Quite embarassing really as I have walked up and down it for 30 something years!
If you would like to drop off a map at Orchard View Cottage that would be great…
Perhaps we should get street names located on each street this would help people like myself who has no idea of the street names, it would also assist to speed up attendances of emergency crews to incidents which is obviously vital in an emergency situation.
As I work for an emergency service I know some assistance in this area would help greatly!