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71 <br />CktANGE CbUNTY, AbRTH CAROLINA <br />Exhibit 63 displays the department's staffing. <br />EXHIBIT 63 <br />CURRENT DEPARTMENT STAFFING <br />POSITION <br />TOTAL STAFFING <br />Fire Chief <br />1 <br />Fire Prevention Captain <br />1 <br />Lieutenant <br />2 <br />Paid Firefighter <br />9 <br />Volunteer Firefighter <br />26 <br />Total <br />39 <br />All members of the Mebane Fire Department maintain the State required 36 <br />hours per year training requirement. Additionally, all paid firefighting staff are <br />certified at the EMT -Basic leveL The department operates effectively within the <br />Orange County response system. When an emergency arises within the Orange <br />County response area, the Mebane Fire Department is notified by Orange County <br />through the VIPER Radio System. Additionally, Orange County personnel notify <br />Alamance County personnel of the emergency. Mebane fire units assigned to respond <br />to Orange County are equipped with both Alamance and Orange County Radio <br />hardware. The department has averaged approximately 1,800 emergency responses <br />per year over the past three years. It is estimated that approximately 20 percent of <br />the department's calls for service are within Orange County. The Mebane Fire <br />Department's calls for service are shown in Exhibit 64. <br />EXHIBIT 64 <br />NUMBER AND TYPE Of INCIDENTS <br />2002 2008 2009 AVERAGE <br />Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent <br />Fire <br />177 <br />10.3% <br />Rescue and EMS <br />1,148 <br />66.7% <br />Other <br />397 <br />23.1% <br />Total <br />1,722 <br />100% <br />Source: Fire Department information <br />115 <br />6.1% <br />111 <br />6.1% <br />134 <br />7.4% <br />1,347 <br />74.1% <br />1,347 <br />73.5% <br />1,281 <br />70.6 <br />425 <br />22.5% <br />374 <br />20.4% <br />399 <br />22.0% <br />1,887 <br />100% <br />1,832 <br />100% <br />1,814 <br />100% <br />* MMA CbNSULTING GROUP, INC. 67 <br />