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If you’re in need of the Timmins Police at night, will they be able to find your house?

The Timmins Police don’t want to play a guessing game in an emergency situation, that’s why they’re launching a new campaign on house numbering.  Officers are using the catchphrase ” If you need help, we need it spelled out” after hearing how many houses have poorly lit numbers at night, or no numbers at all.

The service is sending out Their Youth in Policing crew to canvas the city looking for poorly identified homes and dropping on education pamphlets to anyone not following the bylaw.  The students won’t actually be giving you a lecture on how to I.D. your home.

The city’s bylaw states, house numbers must be located at the front of the building at the main entrance or over the garage. Numbers must not be displayed higher than the first story on any building and must be legible at a size of 4 inches.  At residences where the main building is obscured from the roadway, the number must be places on a contrasting plate attached to a post at a height of 5 feet above the ground at the property line.