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~ _._ <br />Semper Aptus Muneris -Volunteers Since 1971 <br />~~ <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 9I 1. <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 Water 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 />SOBS 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 awn 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 i~esout~ces 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 akeady 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, a11-volunteer <br />organization. <br />PO Box 128, Carrboro, NC 2 75 ! 0-0128 ~ 9 ! 9.967.1 S 1 S ~ www.soresecue. org <br />28 <br />