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Phippsburg Road Trivia (as of January 2002)
Of the public roads, six
become private toward the end (e. g. Surf St. in Popham).
The totally
private roads add up to 205.
Seasonal
roads total 85 of which 21 are kept open for part of the length.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an
Emergency 9-1-1 call?
What is Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1)?
Why does Phippsburg have an Addressing Officer - who appoints the person?
What are the duties
of the Addressing Officer?
I live
in the first house on the road, why is my number "26"?
Why are there so many
roads in Phippsburg?
What is an emergency 9-1-1- call?
A telephone request for public safety agency emergency
services which requires immediate action to save a life, to report a
fire, or stop a crime.
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What is Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1)?
An improved emergency communication system which automatically displays
the address and phone number of a caller at a call answering center known as
a Public Safety Answering Point (emergency dispatching center). The instant
that an emergency call is received the dispatcher can see the address of the
telephone used to make the call and the name of the person/business to which
the telephone is listed.
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Why does Phippsburg have an Addressing Officer and who appoints the person?
The State Emergency Services Communications Bureau requires that every
municipality appoint an Addressing Officer to be the contact for the
municipality for all matters pertaining to E9-1-1 data.
The Board of Selectmen appoints the Addressing Officer.
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What are the duties of the Addressing Officer?
1. Approving and providing correct road name and number range information
to the Emergency Services Communications Bureau.
2. Resolving any discrepancies that arise with any addressing information
in the Enhanced 9-1-1 databases.
3. Notifying the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems and
VERIZON when a road is added, extended, closed or renamed.
4. Maintain the official Phippsburg emergency road data maps that are
provided by Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems.
5. Answer citizens questions regarding addressing.
6.Monitor development activities with the Planning Board and Codes
Enforcement Officer.
6. Calculate and issue property numbers.
7. Maintain and publish the Phippsburg Road Directory. Distribute the
Directory to both local and mutual aid emergency responders.
8. Order and install road name signs as necessary.
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I live
in the first house on the road, why is my number "26"?
Nearly all roads in Phippsburg are addressed on a 50 foot
interval starting at the beginning of the road. A building assigned the
number 26 is about 600 to 650 from the beginning of the road on the left (if
your house was on the right, the number would be 25).
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Why
are there so many roads in Phippsburg?
Prior to 1996 there were only a few. roads in town with
official names. When statewide preparation for E9-1-1 began the Maine
Emergency Services Communication Bureau issued the following guidelines for
the addressing process:
Any road or way with two or more buildings must have an
official town name.
Road names must be unique.
Buildings are to be numbered at 50-foot intervals (or at
smaller intervals in densely populated areas like Wallace Circle in West
Point).
Left side buildings are even numbers and right side are odd.
The "two or more buildings" guideline immediately created
roads from what were considered driveways. When the initial road inventory
was completed in late 1995 the number of named roads added up to 232. As
result of new home construction the total number of roads climbed to 251 by
the end of 2001.
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