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52 <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> YEAR DESIGNATION ENGINE AERIAL TANKER BRUSH COMMAND <br /> UTILITY <br />Brush, Ford F- 450, 150 gpm, 250- <br /> <br />gallon tank 2000 Brush 151 1 <br />Tanker, Ford F- 8000 1990 Tanker 141 1 <br />Tanker, 4 Guys, 1,250gpm, 1,000- <br /> <br />gallon tank 2008 1 <br />ENO FutE DEraRTMF~vT <br />The Eno Fire Department provides fire and first responder services to the East <br />Orange Fire District. The department has 30 volunteer members. The volunteer <br />membership is supported by personnel working on a per diem basis. These personnel <br />provide coverage Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This coverage <br />is extended in the summer months to include Saturdays and Sundays. The <br />department reports that it has not had any difficulty attracting or maintaining <br />volunteers. The current ISO classification of the department is 9. <br />The fire department has fewer volunteers responding to daytime (work hours) <br />emergency calls for service than for evening and weekend calls. Five or six volunteers <br />typically respond to daytime emergencies. Evening and weekend volunteer response <br />is good, and typically includes most volunteers. <br />Department members are certified to the Firefighter II level. Personnel are also <br />certified as first responders and emergency vehicle drivers/operators. Members of <br />the fire department meet the State mandated training level. The department typically <br />conducts routine training sessions on Monday evenings. The Assistant Chief acts as <br />the training officer. <br />Approximately 600 requests for emergency services are received each year. <br />Approximately one-half of these responses involve emergency medical service calls. <br />The primary mutual aid partners in the northern portion of the department's <br />coverage area are the Caldwell Fire Department and the Lebanon Fire Department. <br />The primary mutual aid partners in the southern and western portions of the <br />department's response district are the New Hope Fire Department and the Orange <br />Rural Fire Department. The department is in the initial phases of developing apre- <br />fireplanning program which will be completed by the on-duty part-time firefighting <br />personnel. A large portion of the fire department's response district does not have <br />~'~'} MMA CONSULTING GROUP, INC. 49 <br />