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House/Building Numbers & Knox Box
Help us find you! You MUST have your buildings numbered for both residences and businesses. We have been having trouble finding the appropriate locations due to the lack of numbering on buildings. We need your help - put up numbers on your homes clearly visible from the street and of a contrasting color to your house!
For businesses, please put the numbers not only on the building but on your signs.
Additionally, if you have a monitored security or fire alarm system, you MUST have a Knox box. See further information below.
NFPA 1 Chapter 10.11.1* Premises Identification.
10.11.1.1*
New and existing buildings shall have approved address numbers placed in a position to be legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property.
10.11.1.2
Address numbers shall be a minimum of 4 in. (100 mm) high with a minimum stroke width of 1⁄2 in. (13 mm).
The building needs to have a knox box. This can be ordered from Products - Knox Rapid Access System
Select Maine > Kennebunk Fire Dept>Search >commercial knox products Select > commercial knox boxes > knox box 3200 > View > add to cart. Once you attach it to the building, you can call us, and we will lock in all master keys. (For residential select residential box instead of commercial.)
18.2.2.1 Access Box(es)
The AHJ shall have the authority to require an access box(es) to be installed in an accessible location where access to or within a structure or area is difficult because of security. The access box(es) shall be of an approved type listed in accordance with UL 1037.
Town of Kennebunk Ordinance:
3-11 POLICE/FIRE ALARMS
General Policies and Requirements
11.1 Any residential, commercial or industrial structure or portion thereof within the Town of Kennebunk that has a sprinkler system, fire alarm or security alarm must have a “Knox Box” key security box installed to allow the Fire Department or the Police Department to enter the structure to investigate and secure the alarm or sprinkler system.