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ORANGE COUM1TY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Mee(mg Ovte: September 1, 199% Aedvv Agendv Item No gjy Subjeev Uange Ruml Fire Departnent Firrt Responder FmncNse Application Depenmeah Emergency Management -EMS PubBe Hesriug Yea 0 No Atmchmevgs): Iufvrmvdon ContaG: Nick Waters 1) Firs[ Responder Frmchix Application Eztemion Number: 3030 Telephone Number: Hillsborough ]32-8181 Chapel Hill 968A501 Mebane 336-22]-2031 Dwham 688-]331 Purpose: To consider a fimchismg request in accordance wiO the provisions of the EMS fiwchix ordinance, from Orange Rural Fve Depervnem for providmg first responder xrvices iv Omvge Cowty. Baekground: [n April, 1993, the Board of Commissioners adopted av "Ordinance Regulating Emergency Medical. First Responder, and Rescue Services oral Granting of Fm«IVSes and Contrazts to Ne Operators in the Cowty of Orange". Nine fire departruents have been fimchisW to provide Pirs[ Responder Services: Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Chapel Hill, Eno, Mebane, N<w Hope, North CluNam, Orange Gmvq end White Cross. The Firn Responder Program cousins of firefighters specially trained in emergency medical basic life support mcMiques, who are dispemhed m incidents m provide cme wtil a pemmedic arrives. This program is also eMmcN to provide em1Y defibrilation iv cardiac arrest tests. As pointM om during she Strategic Plmming Pr«ess, immediate caNiopWmonmy resuscitation and early defibrillation are very eff«tive ways to tram sudden cardiac arrests and greatly increase patient survival potential. Orange Renal F've Departrnent will be providing frst responder services within the town limits of Hillsborough and in the Orange Renal Fire District The Depervnevt has previously been fimclrised to perfomr light vehicle extrication. The EMS Advisory Cou«il discussed tNS f t msponder fia«hix application on August 26, 1998, with no concerns or obj«tivns noted. EMS smHheve reviewed Wed«amenmtivu required of the applicant by [he fren<hix oMina«e, end fend chat the application for fiavchise is satisfactorily supported. Rerommevdafion: The Manager recommends [hat [he Board approve the fmnchix for the Orange Renal Fire Department to provide first responder services.