From the Aaron Beacon Journal Online:
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Because minutes can mean the difference between life and death, house or business numbers that aren’t visible from the street are frustrating for emergency crews.
Falls assistant fire Chief Fred Jackson said the average response time to an emergency is 3.3 minutes.
“If it’s a fire and the house isn’t marked, you can find the one with the smoke coming out,” Jackson said. “But when we’re getting called to the baby not breathing or the person who fell down the steps, where there is more than one house that isn’t marked, it potentially adds several minutes to finding them.”