The Jefferson County Emergency Communications District is not only responsible for the answering and dispatching of emergency and non-emergency calls to EMS, FIRE/RESCUE, and LAW ENFORCEMENT, but is also responsible for the mapping and addressing services for the county. Currently, our office assigns an average of around sixty addresses a month and approximately five new roads each month.
There is no way to stress to everyone of the importance posting their addresses on their mailboxes and houses. Just imagine that you or someone in your family has a medical, police or fire emergency, someone calls 9-1-1, and the communications center dispatches all of the required agencies to your address, but your mail box or your house is not marked, precious minutes are lost by responders when they have to try and guess which house is the correct address or have dispatch ask for a house description or other identifiers.
Suggestions for posting your address is to place three inch refelctive numbers on BOTH sides of your mail box, so it will not matter if there is emergency vehicles approaching from either side, they will still be able to see your address from both sides. Six inch numbers are suggested for the front of your house. These numbers can be purchased at Wal-Mart or a local hardware store.
If you are building a new home or placing a mobile home, you must first obtain a Zoning compliance/Building Permit from the Jefferson County Zoning Office located in the upper level of the Jefferson County Courthouse. They may be contacted at (865)-397-4414 on Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Then you may contact our office at (865)-475-4911 so that we may obtain contact information and information regarding the location of your new residence. Addresses may also be given to vacant property by contacting the 911 Office.
Once your building permit is obtained, you will need to contact the 911 office once ground has been broken so that the address may be completed.
Here are some questions that we may ask. 1. Do you know the names and/or addresses of neighbors to the immediate left or right of your new structure? 2. Has any construction started on the property? If not, are there any markers or identifiers to help determine the location of where the structure will be located? New addresses may take up to ten business days to complete.
Jefferson County E911 along with several other entities in the the county came together to form the Jefferson County GIS Consortium Board. The board partnered with Knox County GIS to host the Jefferson County GIS website. On this site, you can search property by parcel, 911 address, road intersections, or property owner.