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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Imagine it’s the middle of the night and someone needs help on one of Rappahannock County’s many winding backroads. It’s a situation that needs attention as soon as possible, but the person’s house is tucked away at the end of a driveway and there are no house numbers in sight.
It’s a frustrating, dangerous experience that is common among first responders in Rappahannock.
Many houses in the county are difficult for emergency services to find if addresses are not clearly marked near a home’s driveway.
When it’s dark and the emergency services need to get to a house, it’s tough to find a place when no numbers are displayed visibly on the property. Emergency personnel face the same problem when it’s raining or snowing.
“A lot of people don’t have their addresses marked very dearly,” said Richie Burke, the county’s emergency services manager and chief of the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department. “Some of these places are fairly remote and they’re very difficult to find.”
Backroads have a lot of driveways in between the driveways that lead to houses. Other roads are for farms or other non-residential areas.
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