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This document is the Operations Agreement between Orange County ("County") and the South <br />Orange Rescue Squad, Inc., a North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation {"SORS") as provided in <br />the South Orange Rescue Squad Franchise Ordinance ("Franchise Ordinance"), granting a non- <br />exclusive Franchise ("hereafter Franchise") by Ordinance to SORS to operate Emergency <br />Medical Services and Rescue Sezvices in Orange County, North Carolina.. <br />WITNES5ETH <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 suppozted by Standard Operational Guidelines (SOGs}, and along with the Franchise <br />Ordinance, authorizes SORS to operate as an Emergency Medical and Rescue Sezviees Franchise <br />in Orange County under the authority of the Board of County Commissioners and at the direction <br />of the Orange County Emergency Services Director; 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; <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 Operations Agreement as follows: <br />1. Term: The Term of this Operations Agreement shall be July 30, 2010 through March <br />16, -2011 and reviewed annually until the expiration of the franchise. <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 />3. Administrative Services. <br />a. The Director of Emergency Services ("Director") and his designees shall <br />manage this guideline and will amend or modify when deemed necessary. <br />This operating guideline and any amendments of modification are necessary to <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />