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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 17, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 _ b <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation Designating June 4, 2011 as South Orange Rescue Squad Day <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proclamation Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a proclamation recognizing South Orange Rescue Squad's 40tH <br />Anniversary and designating June 4, .2011 as South Orange Rescue Squad Day in Orange <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1968, the Orange County Rescue Squad in Hillsborough was formed and <br />emergency medical services and ambulance transport began in Hillsborough. Early in 1971, <br />members of the business community in Carrboro and Chapel Hill and volunteers from the <br />Carrboro Fire Department met to address the issue of supplying emergency medical services and <br />ambulance transport for the rest of the County. As a result of that meeting, and with a gift of an <br />ambulance from Orange County Rescue Squad, the South Orange Rescue Squad was formed on <br />June 4, 1971. Funds were donated, a building was built on land donated by Mr. Edward Yaggy, <br />and the organization began and continues to provide emergency medical services to the Orange <br />County community. In 1991, the Squad began to provide rescue services, and in 1992 began <br />providing technical rescue services to the residents of Orange County and surrounding areas. <br />For more than 40 years, the South Orange Rescue Squad has provided countless hours of training <br />for thousands of volunteers and residents and has engaged in countless hours of specialized <br />training and continuing education to enhance life-saving skills. <br />On June 4, 2011, the South Orange Rescue Squad will be celebrating its 40th anniversary. A <br />proclamation recognizing the Squad on its 40th anniversary, as well as designating June 4, 2011 <br />as South Orange Rescue Squad Day in Orange County, is attached for Board consideration. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the <br />proclamation. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the <br />Chair to sign the proclamation and direct the Clerk to the Board to forward the proclamation to the <br />South Orange Rescue Squad. <br />