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This document is an Interim Operations Agreement between Orange County ("County") and the <br /> South Orange Rescue Squad, Inc., a North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation ("SORS") as <br /> provided in the South Orange Rescue Squad Franchise Ordinance ("Franchise Ordinance"), <br /> granting a non-exclusive Franchise ("hereafter Franchise") by Ordinance to SORS to operate <br /> Emergency Medical Services and Rescue Services in Orange County,North Carolina. <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, Franchise Ordinance authorized SORS to operate Emergency Medical and <br /> Rescue Services; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Franchise Ordinance provides that the subcategories under which SORS <br /> can operate be identified in an "Operations Agreement" to be entered into by the SORS and the <br /> County within 90 days after acceptance of the Franchise permit; and <br /> WHERAS, the Operations Agreement provides both administrative and operational <br /> guideline, and along with the Franchise Ordinance, authorizes SORS to operate as an Emergency <br /> Medical and Rescue Services Franchise in Orange County under the authority of the Board of <br /> County Commissioners and at the direction of the Orange County Emergency Services Director; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Operations Agreement shall delineate responsibilities and expectations <br /> of both the County and SORS in order to ensure safe, effective and consistent operations; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County and SORS are in the process of developing the Operations <br /> Agreement but will not have the Agreement completed within the 90 day time period and want to <br /> create an interim Operations Agreement to comply with the terms of Franchise Ordinance while <br /> completing work on the Operations Agreement. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter <br /> set forth, the County and SORS do hereby agree to this Interim Operations Agreement as <br /> follows: <br /> 1. Term: The Term of this interim Operations Agreement shall be June 16, 2010 <br /> through July 31, 2010. This term shall not be extended. <br /> 2. Services: This Operation Agreement authorizes SORS to provide the following <br /> services: <br /> a. Emergency Services <br /> i. BLS Transport Services <br /> 1. Special Event and Ambulance Services <br /> 2. Surge Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance Services <br /> ii. EMS Non-Transport <br /> b. Technical Rescue Services <br /> i. High Angle <br /> ii. Swiftwater Rescue <br /> iii. Confined Space Rescue <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br />