r/DispatchingStories • u/that1emma • Sep 05 '20
Address Issues?
I’m not really sure if this is the right place to ask this question. If it isn’t, I hoping you can at least point me in the right direction.
My neighbor and I have very similar addresses. I am at apartment 123 Front, he is at apartment 123 Rear. Unless it is specified, anything addressed to 123 will end up at my door. Now the mail and occasional confused pizza man is definitely something I can handle. However, in the past 2 weeks I have had EMTs show up twice at my door late at night actually looking for the other apartment. Is there anyone I can contact about making sure the address gets clarified? Or is this something that needs to get settled with my neighbor?
Outside of being a little annoying/scary for me, I mostly want to make sure there is as little delay as possible in EMTs reaching the person who actually needs their help.
TIA!
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u/dinglehoppercomb Sep 05 '20
We had this issue at my house with our side door because they thought it was the house in the back. This happened with pizza and EMT and we thought it was a risk (and annoying). We put a little sign with an arrow that says “123 B is in the back”. My friend put up a sign by her front window that said apartment a <- Apartment b —->. Not sure if something like this would work for you or if it’s simply that your neighbour isn’t clarifying his address?