Navajo Nation Addressing Authority

*** Unofficial Page. We are now located behind the WRPD Dispatch building next to WR Gang Unit office. ***

The Navajo Nation has initiated a rural addressing initiative in support of moving to an enhanced 9-1-1 system Navajo Nation-wide. The initial phase of the rural addressing initiative is expected to take several years to complete.

The primary goal of the Enhanced 9-1-1 rural addressing process is to link each telephone number to a permanent unique address that is E9-1-1 compliant and clearly identifies where a caller is physically located. This requires the creation of a physical address for any property that currently has a telephone, might have one installed, or might be occupied by someone using a cellular phone.

The most important reason for creating physical addresses is to enhance the effective and rapid location of properties by public safety personnel, including law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services personnel in the rural areas of the Navajo Nation. The Rural Addressing Standards are further designed to eliminate duplicate or phonetically similar street names, to provide for the uniform marking of streets and roadways and to provide for the assignment of numbers for all properties and structures throughout the Navajo Nation.

NNAA is an office under the Division of Community Development. Our office is responsible for guiding and assisting Navajo Nation Chapters in the process of Rural Addressing in their community. Rural addressing is the process of house numbering and naming streets/roads that have not been named to better find residents faster in an event of an emergency. The Chapters are required to do the "ground-work" and purchasing of street and structure signs. We provide Local Rural Addressing Committee (LRAC) training every month and train them on how to collect data, name streets/roads, and installation of signs. If you are interested in training or need other information, please call us at the phone numbers below or email us. Thank you.

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