Fred Jackson, left, and John Brown with Advanced Workzone Services, install a road sign for Sequoyah County 9-1-1. The new signs and new addresses that will soon be assigned will aid 9-1-1 personnel in finding emergencies, Charles “Chuck” Wyckoff, member of the 9-1-1 board, said.
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Charles “Chuck“ Wyckoff, board member, said, “We have embarked on another important step towards improving emergency services for Sequoyah County citizens. County road signs are being installed by Advanced Workzone Services of Muskogee.”
Wyckoff said Workzone Services has begun installing six-inch letter signs along the highways, and then will install four-inch letter signs along other county roads.
“These signs will be a lot of assistance for emergency services, plus other delivery services in the county,” Wyckoff said. “We are asking everyone to help us keep these signs in place and please report any that are missing to the 9-1-1 administrative number, (918) 775-5935. If there is no answer after four rings, please hang up and call back later. The call taker is probably on an emergency call.”
Wyckoff said the plan to assign new addresses, which match the state’s mapping and addressing system, is near completion.
“Our addressing and mapping contractor, the Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) in Muskogee, is down to the final few hundred addresses that need matching before they will be accepted by the U.S. Postal Service,” Wyckoff said.
“When these are finished the postal service will mail them out to everyone in the county. We will post a notice in the local newspapers at this time, in case people don’t get notified,” Wyckoff said.
Wyckoff said anyone who needs their new addresses may contact EODD at 1-866-841-2911, which is a toll-free number.
