KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. - Beginning this week, residents in unincorporated areas of Kitsap County may receive letters, notifying them their address is scheduled to be corrected. There's a countywide effort to bring addresses into compliance as the implementation of the Next Generation 911 approaches. NG911 is a new, state-mandated, emergency response dispatch system.
9,000 county addresses have been identified as out of compliance and need to be fixed before NG911 launches in December 2017. It will require a higher quality of data because the technology will not be able to locate addresses out of sequence or on the wrong side of the street.
"Changing one's address can be a daunting prospect for certain. But correcting your address is crucial for public safety," said Rob Gelder, chair of the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners. "With support from the county in notifying utilities and delivery services, our hope is that it's as smooth as possible for those being affected. Being able to meet the deadline for system implementation is key to providing a highly accurate first-response system in the future."
Since 2009, the county has corrected nearly 6,000 addresses and now launches a renewed effort to complete the project, according to a county website. Learn more about the Address Correction Project here.
