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17 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Orange County Commissioners <br /> John Link,County Manager <br /> FROM: Jack W.Ball,Emergency Management Director <br /> DATE: May 20,2005 <br /> SUBJECT: Emergency Fire and Rescue Services <br /> Introduction <br /> This memo is intended to provide background information for the Board's discussion of <br /> volunteer fire and rescue service issues at your May 23 work session including: the current <br /> structure of fire and rescue services throughout Orange County; some observations about some <br /> of the challenges and opportunities facing the County and its volunteer emergency service <br /> agency partners; and some areas the Board may wish to have staff explore with agency <br /> representatives in more detail regarding enhanced County support to agencies,opportunities for <br /> efficiencies,and the-like. <br /> Structure <br /> Orange County's emergency fire and rescue services consist of two municipal fire departments, <br /> eight volunteer fire departments,and two volunteer rescue departments. The volunteer <br /> organizations are incorporated through the State, and where appropriate and applicable, are <br /> franchised by the County Commissioners to provide certain emergency services. Under the <br /> oversight of their respective Boards of Directors,these agencies act independently of each other <br /> in their operations. Each has a strong reputation in the community and each understandably <br /> takes pride in its own individuality. There is a strong network of mutual aid understandings <br /> between departments that assures Orange County residents that when additional resources are <br /> needed in one jurisdiction,say to fight a major fire,adjacent departments will respond <br /> immediately to assist in the incident or to provide interim coverage to the rest of that one <br /> jurisdiction. <br /> In the early 1990s,County staff and volunteers worked together to conduct an extensive <br /> assessment of and recommendations for the best ways to provide rescue services throughout <br /> Orange County. Generally speaking,the approach involved developing and enhancing in- <br /> County capabilities for high frequency rescue incidents through resources that would be <br /> deployed as necessary on a countywide basis. Low frequency or highly specialized rescue <br /> services would be solicited as needed from resources beyond Orange County. More than a <br /> decade later,we believe that the"rescue service matrix"developed as a part of that analytical <br /> process(and provided for reference elsewhere with your May 23 agenda materials)continues to <br /> provide a solid framework for rescue service provision in Orange County. <br />
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