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27 <br />'''~ Semler A~itus Muneris - Volunteers Since 1971 <br />~~ <br />Date; January 19, 2010 <br />To: Col. Frank Montes de Oca, Director, Orange County Emergency Seiwices; Valerie Foushee, <br />Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners; Bernadette Pelissier, Vice-Chair; Alice Gordan; <br />Pam Hemminger; Ba,~ry Jacobs; Mike Nelson; Steve Yuhasz. <br />Greetings: <br />By this letter, The South Orange Rescue Squad formally applies for an operational franchise to <br />provide ambulance and rescue services to the citizen's of Orange County through the Orange <br />County Deparhnent of Emergency Services and the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />Specifically, South Orange Rescue Squad is applying for a franchise to provide: <br />Technical Rescue Response [High Angle rescue, Swiftwater rescue, Confined Space <br />Rescue] <br />Special Event EMS and Ambulance Service <br />Regularly-Scheduled EMS and Ambulance Service <br />"Surge" EMS/Ambulance Service <br />These services will be dispatched through Orange County 911 Communications and will be <br />integrated into and will augment and support emergency services provided by Orange County <br />Emergency Services [OCES] to help meet county-wide response needs. <br />The South Orange Rescue Squad [SOBS] has been providing all-volunteer emergency EMS and <br />rescue services to the citizens of Orange County since 1971. <br />Until June 2009, SOBS had provided regularly scheduled, 3-day, 12 hour per day EMS and <br />Ambulance service to The University of North Carolina and the surrounding Chapel Hill, <br />Caxrboro, and southern Orange County area to augment the Orange County EMS System. <br />SOBS currently provides "Surge" EMS and Ambulance service to OCES during times of <br />overload to the County's resources. <br />SOBS currently provides EMS and Ambulance service for fire or other Iarge incident "Rehab <br />and Support" whenever requested by OCES or any fire depaztment or law enforcement agency . <br />within Orange County. <br />PO Box 128, Carrboro, NC 27510-0128 (919.967.1515 ~ www.saresecue.org <br />