Editing North Dakota (section)

==Emergency services==
The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nd.gov/des|title=ND Department of Emergency Services : Welcome|website=Nd.gov|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712073115/https://www.nd.gov/des/|archive-date=July 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> provides 24/7 communication and coordination for more than 50 agencies. In addition, "it administers federal disaster recovery programs and the Homeland Security Grant Program".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nd.gov/des/about|title=ND Department of Emergency Services : About NDDES|website=Nd.gov|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724022145/https://www.nd.gov/des/about/|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, the Department selected Geo-Comm, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo-comm.com|title=Home—GeoComm|website=GeoComm|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903084115/http://www.geo-comm.com/|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> "for the Statewide Seamless Base Map Project", which will facilitate "identifying locations 9–1–1 callers" and route emergency calls based on locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo-comm.com/gis/map-data-development-services|title=Map Data Development Services |website=Geo-comm.com|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619055957/http://www.geo-comm.com/gis/map-data-development-services/|archive-date=June 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1993 the state adopted the [[Burkle addressing system]] numbering rural roads and buildings to aid in the delivery of emergency services.<ref name="century-code">{{cite web | title=Emergency Services Communications Systems | type=North Dakota Century Code | number=57-40.6–10 part d | url=http://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t57c40-6.pdf | access-date=June 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819110316/http://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t57c40-6.pdf | archive-date=August 19, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>