The Stewart County Emergency Communications District
Coordinator of Addressing & GIS
P.O. Box 751
Dover, TN 37058
Phone: 931-232-2205
Fax: 931-232-4799
Email: ecd@stewartcountygovernment.com
Website: http://www.stewartcountygovernment.com/e911.htm
Last revised: March 15, 2006

Welcome to Stewart County, Tennessee
The Stewart County Emergency Communications District is responsible for providing emergency Enhanced 911 (E911) service to the citizens and visitors in our county. The ECD is governed by a committee appointed by the Stewart County Mayor. The Committee is comprised of nine members and a chairman. Our chairman is Mr. Steve Douglass.

The E911 Committee meets the third Thursday of each month at 5:30pm. Meetings are held at the Stewart County EMS building on Spring Street. The meetings are open to the public.

One of the primary functions of the ECD is to provide every home and business with an E911 address. This is the address that appears on the computer screen at the E911 center when a person calls 911 for an ambulance, police, fire or any life threatening emergency. So, you can understand the importance of having your E911 address appear properly and accurately at the E911 center when you call 911.

Your address is issued and maintained by the E911 Coordinator of Addressing and GIS. The Coordinator uses specialized GPS equipment and a computer to determine an address. Stewart County’s E911 Coordinator is Mr. Mike Smothers.

How to get an E911 Address
Stewart County has a specific method for making sure that each home and business is issued an accurate E911 address. A person needing a new E911 address must complete an “E911 Address Request” form and send it to the Coordinator for addressing before the electric company (CEMC) will install an electric meter at the new location.

We address buildings only. We do not address land or lots.

The process is made as simple as possible. Click on this link
http://www.stewartcountygovernment.com/application.htm and fill out the form online. At the bottom of the form page, click on “Send” and the form will be sent directly to the office of the Coordinator. This is the primary method to send the form to the Coordinator. However, if you cannot get access to the web, you may download the form, fill it out and mail it to the Coordinator. Please do not fax the form to the Coordinator because many faxes are of poor quality and too difficult to read.

After receiving the completed form, the Coordinator will contact you to arrange a visit to your new building. During the visit to your new building site, the Coordinator will obtain a GPS position for the building. Therefore, someone will be required to be present and show the Coordinator exactly where the new building will be and exactly where the new building’s driveway will intersect the road.

When the Coordinator visits the building site, the footing for the building must be formed and the driveway must be roughed in. If the new address is a mobile home, the concrete, gravel, or dirt pad must be done in order to exactly locate the position of the mobile home.

After the Coordinator determines your new E911 address, he will enter the new address on the form and send it back to the original sender. A copy will also be sent to the electric company (CEMC). After receiving your new address by email or postal mail, you may print the form and use it to obtain your utilities. Just take the completed form with your new address on it to CEMC and go through their normal process to obtain your electric meter.

You should also know that Bellsouth will not issue you a telephone number for your new building without an E911 address.

Please do not delay in starting the process to get your new E911 address. Remember, you cannot get an electric meter installed or a telephone at you new building without an E911 address. And, it could take as long as 30 days to complete the addressing process.

Thank you for visiting our web site. You may send comments and questions regarding E911 to ecd@stewartcountygovernment.com.

Click on this link to go the forms page.
http://www.stewartcountygovernment.com/application.htm

Mike Smothers
E911 Coordinator of Addressing & GIS