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14 <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTTi CAROLINA <br />EXHIBIT 6 <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES IN ORANGE COUNTY (2009) <br />CATEGORY 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 TOTAL <br /> FIRE OVERPRESSURE RESCUE& HAZARDOUS SERVICE GOOD FALSEALARM SEVERE OTHER <br /> EMS CONDITION CALL INTENT & FALSE CALL WEATHER <br /> (NO FIRE) <br />Fire Department <br />Caldwell 13 0 145 7 5 46 12 0 2 230 <br />Carrboro 94 2 813 80 73 326 194 3 10 1,595 <br />Cedar Grove 25 0 140 27 2 5 8 0 1 208 <br />Chapel Hill 121 11 1,954 238 152 337 1,547 1 65 4,426 <br />Efland 50 1 245 16 10 111 30 0 0 463 <br />Eno 345 <br />New Hope 38 1 121 43 18 130 52 0 0 403 <br />Orange Grove 17 0 99 7 7 26 17 1 1 175 <br />Orange Rural 70 7 1,186 38 28 234 95 0 37 1,695 <br />White Cross 1 1 0 55 13 0 11 12 2 0 104 <br />Total 439 22 4,758 469 295 1,226 1,967 7 116 9,644 <br />Percent 4.7% 0.2% 51.1 % 5.0% 3.2% 13.2% 21.2% 0.1 % 1.2% 100% <br />Source: National Fire /ncident Reporting System (N/FR.S). Total ca/I data for the Eno Fire Department is estimated. <br />Two fire departments, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, are fully paid departments. <br />The other fire departments in Orange County are predominantly volunteer <br />departments. Several departments (Eno, New Hope, Orange Grove, and White Cross) <br />employ a small number of paid full-time or part-time personnel to provide immediate <br />response, especially during daytime hours. The Orange Rural Fire Department <br />employs 19 full-time firefighting personnel to provide around-the-clock coverage. <br />Exhibit 7 shows the complex nature of the staffing resources utilized by the fire <br />departments in the County. <br />~} MMA CONSULTING GROUP, INC. j j <br />