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equipment and supplies on each response; for cleaning and maintaining <br />the equipment and vehicles; and to assure that supplies and medications <br />are not used beyond the exph•ation date and stored in a temperature <br />controlled atmosphere according to manufacturer's specifications. <br />f. Grantee shall comply with the Orange County's written infection control <br />policy including the cleansing and disinfecting of ambulances and other <br />EMS Services Vehicles and equipment that are used to treat or transport <br />patients. <br />g. Grantor may, upon reasonable notice, inspect all equipment, ambulances <br />and other EMS Service Vehicles used by Grantee. <br />Section 9. Communications Requirement <br />a. Grantee shall equip each ambulance and other EMS Services Vehicle with <br />the following: <br />i. An operational two-way radio capable of establishing good quality <br />voice communications from with the geographical confines of <br />Orange County to each hospital emergency department in the <br />County in which the service is based; <br />ii. Two-way radio communication capabilities for communication <br />with all hospital emergency departments to which transportation of <br />patients is made on a regular or routine basis anywhere within the <br />State of North Carolina; and <br />iii. An operational two-way radio capable of establishing <br />communications from within the geographic confines of Orange <br />County to the Orange County Emergency Communications Center, <br />which is the dispatching agency within the County. <br />b. This subsection shall not apply to privately owned vehicles of Grantee's <br />staff. <br />c. Grantee shall maintain current authorization or Federal Communication <br />Commission licenses for all frequencies and radio transmitters operated by <br />Grantee. Grantee shall display at Grantee's headquarters and make <br />available for inspection per Federal Communication Commission's rules <br />and regulations copies of all authorization and licenses. <br />d. Grantee's base of operations shall have at least one open telephone 24 <br />hours per each and every day of the calendar year. Grantee's telephone <br />numbers shall be registered with Orange County Emergency <br />Communication Center, and changes to Grantee's telephone numbers shall <br />Johnston Ambulance Services, Inc. <br />EMS Franchise Agreement <br />Page 10 of 23 <br />