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69 <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />EXHIBIT 64 <br />NUMBER AND TYPE OF INCIDENTS <br /> 2007 <br />Number Percent 2008 <br />Number Percent 2009 <br />Number Percent AVERAGE <br />Number Percent <br />Fire 177 10.3% 1 15 6.1 % 11 1 6.1 % 134 7.4% <br />Rescue & EMS 1,148 66.7% 1, 347 74.1 % 1,347 73.5% 1,281 70.6 <br />Other 397 23.1% 425 22.5% 374 20.4% 399 22.0% <br />Total 1,722 100% 1,887 100% 1,832 100% 1,814 100% <br />Source: Fire Department information <br />The department maintains an active pre-incident planning and inspection <br />system throughout its fire response district, including the Orange County area. There <br />are hydrants, maintained by Alamance County, available throughout approximately <br />60 percent of the response district. The department's primary mutual aid partners <br />within Orange County are the Efland Fire Department, Cedar Grove Fire Depaztment, <br />and Orange Grove Fire Department. <br />The depaztment provides services to the district from two fire stations. The <br />headquarters facility, located at 405 North First Street, is staffed 24 hours per day. <br />The second station, located at 101-103 West Washington Street, is staffed by <br />volunteers. The department operates three engines, two tankers, one brush truck, <br />one 100-foot aerial platform, one utility vehicle, and a Chief's vehicle. <br />SOUTH ORANGE RESCUE SQUAD <br />The South Orange Rescue Squad (SORB) is anon-profit (501 C-3 corporation). <br />The SORS is a fully volunteer organization that provides emergency medical and <br />technical rescue services. Volunteers work in a support of the Orange County <br />Department of Emergency Services, fire departments, and the University of North <br />Cazolina at Chapel Hill. The SORS has been providing ongoing volunteer EMS and <br />rescue services to the citizens of Orange County since 1971. The SORB has two <br />operating divisions, a Technical Rescue Division and an Emergency Medical Service <br />Division. <br />In the spring of 2010, the SORB was awazded operational franchises to provide <br />ambulance and EMS services and technical rescue services by the Orange County <br />~} MMA CONSULTWG GROUP, INC. 6G <br />