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No Trash Pickup on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2008  (8/19/2008)
The Department of Public Services Trash and Recycling crews will not be collecting trash or recycling in the City of Portland on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2008. Residents who normally place their material out for collection on Monday should instead place it out on Saturday, August 30, 2008. More

Reminder!! Street Cleaning Operations Underway  (7/3/2008)
Residents of the Peninsula are reminded to observe parking restrictions in effect for street cleaning. Fail to do so could result in the towing of your vehicle. More

Want to Receive Important Construction Announcements from the City of Portland?  (2/27/2008)
Interested in finding out about major construction projects in the City of Portland before you find yourself in a long line of traffic? E-mail us to be added to the subscriber list More

Find Your Trash and Recycling Day  (2/23/2007)
Have a question on when your trash or recycling is picked up? More

what is enhanced 911 addressing and why are we doing it?

Why Do Enhanced 911 Addressing
Frequently-Asked-Questions
Maps

  1. Under State law it is required that a master database be maintained that connects physical street addresses to telephone numbers, so emergency call-takers can immediately know a caller’s address, even if the person calling is unable to speak or hangs up too soon.
  2. For this to work properly, all addresses need to be physical addresses, for example, 14 Elm Street or 440 Eastern Promenade. Addresses such as Rural Route addresses or Post Office boxes are not physical addresses because they do not explain where someone is physically on the earth.
    Addressing systems also need to follow a common and expected system, so that a person trying to find an address has a common framework to work with. Ambiguity needs to be eliminated and everything should be named and signed properly.
  3. Addressing needs to be as spatially exact as possible, so next-generation computer mapping services can be utilized to maximum effect. Call centers and even emergency vehicles are moving towards having computer mapping that plots the caller’s location on a map relative to the responder.

Maps

Cliff Island E911
Cushing Island E911
Great Diamond Island E911
Little Diamond Island E911
Peaks Island E911

Leslie Kaynor
Portland E911 Addressing Officer
(207) 756-8346
lmk@portlandmaine.gov

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