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9 im <br />service area of the Franchise District 24 hours per <br />day. <br />One (1) Type 1 Ambulance, Three (3) In- Service <br />Rescue Vehicles and other EMS Services Vehicles <br />and equipment as necessary to provide the high <br />quality of services provided for in this <br />Franchise. <br />(e) Grantee shall comply with the Grantor's operational <br />protocols for the management of equipment, supplies <br />and medications to assure that each Ambulance and <br />other EMS Services Vehicle contains the required <br />equipment and supplies on each response; for cleaning <br />and maintaining the equipment and vehicles; and to <br />assure that supplies and medications are not used <br />beyond the expiration date and stored in a temperature <br />controlled atmosphere according to manufacturer's <br />specifications. <br />(f) Grantee shall comply with the Orange County's written <br />infection control policy including the cleansing and <br />disinfecting of Ambulances and other EMS Services <br />Vehicles and equipment that are used to treat or <br />transport Patients. <br />(g) Grantor may, upon reasonable notice, inspect all <br />equipment, Ambulances and other EMS Services Vehicles <br />used by Grantee. <br />Section 9. Communications Requirement <br />(a) Grantee shall equip each Ambulance and other EMS <br />Services Vehicle with the following: <br />I. an operational two -way radio capable of <br />establishing good quality voice communications <br />from within the geographic confines of Orange <br />County to each hospital emergency department in <br />the County in which the service is based; <br />II. two -way radio communications capabilities for <br />communications with all hospital emergency <br />departments to which transportation of Patients <br />is made on a regular or routine basis anywhere <br />within the State of North Carolina; and <br />11 <br />