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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 17, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (p ' A <br />SUBJECT: Proposal to Strategically Relocate EMS Units, Including Immediate <br />Implementation of Revere Road Facility (Former Animal Services Building) <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services <br />Asset Management & <br />Purchasing Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Map: Current & Projected EMS Stations <br />Map: Calls for EMS <br />March 17, 2009 Emergency Services <br />Report to BOCC <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />F. R. Montes de Oca, Jr., Emergency <br />Services, 245 -6140 <br />Pam Jones,: Asset Management & <br />Purchasing Services, 245 -2652 <br />PURPOSE: To present a plan to strategically relocate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) <br />stations and enhance response time as call loads determine need and resources provide. <br />BACKGROUND: Emergency Services Director Frank Montes de Oca presented a report to the <br />BOCC in March 2009identifying targeted, current and projected response times and plans to <br />reduce them by strategically placing EMS units throughout the County. Emergency Services <br />Director Montes de Oca met with Asset Management & Purchasing Services Director Pam <br />Jones and Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey to discuss the plan. Attached is a map <br />depicting the current and proposed location(s) of EMS units and a map showing actual calls for <br />service that assisted in helping to establish the placement plan. <br />Associated with this placement strategy is the current EMS (Station 1) base at 1914 New Hope <br />Church Road. It has been in operation since 1982 as the EMS main station, Emergency <br />Communications Center (ECC), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Emergency Services <br />administrative offices. In 2009 the ECC, EOC and administrative offices were moved to the <br />new location at 510 Meadowlands Drive leaving two EMS crews and a field supervisor operating <br />out at the old site. <br />The Board has discussed divesting of County properties and as the Emergency Services <br />Department continues to place units in areas of call demand, the 1914 New Hope Church Road <br />site appears to be a good candidate for the divestiture process. During the FY 2009 -2010 <br />budget discussions, Emergency Services Director Montes de Oca proposed that the former <br />Animal Services building on Revere Road be refurbished to better allocate EMS resources and <br />replace EMS Station 1. <br />