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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g-~' <br />SUBJECT: In-Kind EMS Coverage for 1999 World Special Olympic Games <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ No <br />ATTACHMENT(S):. INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Letter of April 15, 1999 from Chief Executive Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />Officer of the Special Olympics World Games <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a request for an in-kind contribution of EMS coverage for the 1999 Special <br />Olympics World Games at venues within Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Staff have been working with the North Cazolina Office of Emergency Medical <br />Services and with the transportation committee of the Special Olympics World Games for the past yeaz in <br />developing a plan for EMS coverage for the Orange County venues. The coverage being requested is for <br />the athletic teams and their official dele ations. The World Games Committee requests that coverage, <br />treatment and transportation for these people be provided at no cost. The EMS Plan is to have one <br />ambulance and one pazamedic dedicated to cover the venues. The number of hours to be covered is 122.5 <br />(one hundred twenty two and a half) over a 10 day period, from June 25, 1999 to July 4, 1999. All events <br />are to be held at facilities on UNC's campus, with the exception of a basketball venue at East Chapel Hill <br />High School. <br />The coverage is to be for emergency, medically necessary transports only. All non-emergency transports <br />will be conducted by other means scheduled by the medical committee. Wake County and Durham <br />County have already approved similaz requests for in-kind contributions of their EMS for competition <br />venues in their jurisdictions. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The projected cost of providing the requested coverage is $8,575. The value of <br />these was determined by using the same rates ($70 per hour) applied to EMS units for any special events <br />coverage. Should there be any patient contacts or transports, the County would also forego billing and <br />collecting those revenues. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the use of County staff <br />and equipment to provide the requested emergency medical services coverage to participants and official <br />delegations of the 1999 World Special Olympic Games. <br />