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72 <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />EXHIBIT 65 <br />DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFFING SUMMARY <br />DIVISION POSITIONS <br />Planning/Logistics 4 <br />Communication 27 <br />Emergency Medical Services 61 <br />Life Safety Management 2 <br />Administration 5 <br /> 99 <br />The County emergency medical service system is a tiered response system. <br />The system relies on medical first responders from fire departments and County <br />ambulances. Volunteers from the South Orange Rescue Squad (SORB), headquartered <br />in Carrboro, participate in the EMS system in a support role. The agency is typically <br />not a primary response agency. The rescue squad often has volunteers riding with <br />County EMS personnel. This provides additional resources for EMS response and is <br />an important skill development and maintenance program for the SORB. A number <br />of County EMS personnel are, or have been, members of the SORB. <br />There are approximately 11, 500 emergency medical calls for service annually <br />which result in the transport of 7,000 patients. Exhibit 66 shows the number of EMS <br />calls for service during the last three years and includes projections of demand for <br />2010 to 2011. There is increased activity during the college academic year, August <br />through May. <br />EXHIBIT 66 <br />REQUESTS FOR. EMS SERVICES <br />YEAR NUMBER OF REQUESTS <br />2007- 2008 10, 539 <br />2008- 2009 10,945 <br />2009- 2010 (estimate) 1 1,392 <br />2010- 201 1 (projected) 11,995 <br />{~'} MMA CONSULTING GROUP, INC. 69 <br />