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44 <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />The department's mutual aid partners are in Orange County, Alamance <br />County, Caswell County, and Person County. The primary mutual aid resources in <br />Orange County are the Orange Rural Fire Department, Caldwell Fire Department, and <br />Efland Fire Department. Mutual aid partners outside Orange County include the <br />Hurdle Mills Fire Department, Prospect Hill Fire Department, Pleasant Grove Fire <br />Department, and Mebane Fire Department. Water supply for fire operations is <br />provided entirely through rural water supply operations, dry hydrants, and ponds. <br />Records showing the location and capacity of static water resources are maintained <br />in each fire unit. <br />A firefighter safety program has been instituted. The safety program includes <br />the Passport personal accountability system for fireground operations and the use <br />of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) for emergency scene command <br />and control. The department employs local vendors to maintain emergency <br />equipment and personal protection equipment (PPE). <br />There are two fire stations in the district located at 720 Hawkins Road and <br />5912 Pentecost Road. The fleet is composed of seven fire"apparatus. There are two <br />engines, two tankers, two brush trucks, and one squad truck. <br />The past four years of the department's approved budgets are shown below. <br />EXHIBIT 29 <br />CEDAR GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET <br />(COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT FUNDING) <br />2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 <br />$168,552 $171,189 $171,674 $203,904 <br />Percent /ncrease or Decrease 1.6% 0.3% 18.8% <br />CHAPEL HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />The Chapel Hill Fire Department provides fire and first responder services to <br />the town of Chapel Hill. The fire department employs 93 full-time and two part-time <br />employees. Personnel are deployed from five fire stations. The apparatus fleet is <br />composed of eight pumpers and one aerial. The fire department has one Fire Chief, <br />three Deputy Chiefs, three Battalion Chiefs, nine Captains, nine Lieutenants, two <br />{~} MMA CONSULTING GROUP, INC. 4 j <br />