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28 <br /> SOUTH ORANGE RESCUE SQUAD <br /> — _-- Semper Aptus Muneris - Volunteers Since 1971 <br /> SORS currently loans its ambulances and equipment to the County during times when County <br /> vehicles are out-of-service or otherwise"off-line". <br /> SORS currently provides Technical Rescue services for county-wide response whenever <br /> requested through OCES 911. <br /> SORS currently provides Technical Rescue Services by contract to the University of North <br /> Carolina Department of Energy Services. <br /> SORS currently provides Technical Rescue Services by contract with the Orange Waxer and <br /> Sewer Authority. <br /> SORS currently provides Special Event EMS and Ambulance Service by contract to The <br /> University of North.Carolina Department of Athletics [UNC home football games,basketball <br /> games,track events,NCAA Championship events and NCHSAA High School Football and <br /> Basketball Championship events]. <br /> SORS currently provides Special Event EMS and Ambulance Service to the Town of Chapel Hill <br /> [Annual Halloween coverage, Street Fairs,Festivals,spontaneous UNC Basketball street <br /> celebrations,road races,bike races and triathlons]. <br /> SORS currently provides Special Event EMS and Ambulance Services for coverage of Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro City School System High School Football games. <br /> SORS currently provides CPR and AED training and certification to citizens and groups in <br /> Orange County at no charge. <br /> As an all-volunteer,501-(C}-3 Non-Profit organization, SORS owns it's own fleet of Ambulance <br /> and Rescue vehicles. We train all of our volunteers to the applicable local, state, or national <br /> standard [or higher]. We maintain our own insurance for our volunteers. <br /> South Orange Rescue Squad has been meeting and working closely with the Director of OCES, <br /> Col.Frank Montes de Oca,to examine ways that the volunteers and resources of the South <br /> Orange Rescue Squad can be positioned and utilized within the larger goal of EMS and Rescue <br /> service to all of the citizen's of Orange County. <br /> Due to its all-volunteer nature, SORS already provides a tremendous benefit to the citizens of <br /> Orange County,since it does not receive any tax-supported revenue.. <br /> SORS is extremely interested in providing cooperative and integrated EMS and Rescue Services <br /> along side OCES,while still retaining it's integrity and identity as a locally based,all-volunteer <br /> organization. <br /> PO Box 128, Carrboro, NC 27510-0128 1 919.967. ISIS ' www.soresecue.org <br />