New addressing standards aim to hasten Spokane County emergency response

  • Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review
  • Published: 11/30/2016 12:36 AM

Spokane County residents living on East Jackson Road may dwell in homes up to 25 miles apart. Identical addresses along Jackson Road in Elk and Greenacres are just some of the many issues discovered by city and county workers looking to harmonize addressing ahead of implementing a countywide computer-aided dispatch system for law enforcement. Last month, the Spokane City Council approved the new rules to standardize the naming of new streets to avoid confusing the system and emergency workers tasked with responding to crises. The rules still need to be approved by Spokane County and other cities within the county.



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