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9 -1 -1 Communications <br />24 Hour Warning Point <br />919- 732 - 8161.933 -2600 <br />24 -Hour Fax Machine <br />919 - 967 -9026 <br />Orange County Emergency Management <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough <br />North Carolina <br />27278 <br />R <br />February 11, 1999 <br />TO: GENE BELL, AICP, PLANNING DEPT. <br />Emergency Medical Services <br />Fire Marshal <br />Disaster Response <br />Hazardous Materials <br />919- 644 - 3030 • %8 -2050 <br />Administrative Fax Machine <br />919- 968 -4066 <br />FROM: MIKE TAPP, DEPUTY DIRECTORNIRE MARSHAL 1' � <br />RE: APEX NORTHWEST PARTNERSHIP <br />Staff at Emergency Management offers the following comments for the proposed amendment <br />to the Land Use Element for the proposal from Apex Northwest Partnership. Planned <br />residential, educational and potential commercial/retail development will impact the <br />workload of the County 9 -1 -1 Center, fire and EMS emergency response. Increase in staff <br />may be needed to process the additional call volumes and mitigation of incidents. We have <br />an attachment with the potential increases indicated. <br />We share concerns about means of access for emergency response and disaster mitigation. <br />Adequate access is vital to a project of this scope to insure secondary means of ingress and <br />egress. <br />Water supplies for fire protection should be adequate for necessary fire flows based on <br />National Fire Protection Association guidelines. Water lines should be looped and fire <br />hydrants adequately spaced- <br />If you need additional information, please contact us. <br />Located at 1914 New Hope Church Road • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 <br />25 <br />