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both be dispatched - But under the new guidelines, Department of Insurance only recognizes our primary fire department which is Orange Grove. Orange County Voice put us in contact with the Orange Grove Fire Department. Chief Holmes and Mr. Waddell responded immediately. They initially tried to fix our insurance rating by placing us in the Carrboro insurance district. Given the mutual aid agreement, it wouldn't impact service. Carrboro refused to switch insurance districts without changing the tax districts. Orange Grove now has plans to build a new fire substation to fix the problem. Assuming you approve it, they will complete it within 12 months. This will place our community within the 6 mile limit with an insurance classification of 9s. Thank you for listening — I hope you'll take away several key messages. • First, special thanks to Chief Holmes and Mr Waddell for responding quickly and decisively to our issue. The new substation is the right fix and will help most of the neighbors in the east end of their insurance district. We hope that the North Chatham Fire Department will find a similar solution for the areas south of Chapel Hill which are also classified as category 10 • Second, please ask the county planning department to expedite the permitting of the new substations for the Orange Grove Fire Department • Third, please ask Carrboro for a temporary switch in insurance classification. If you raise it in your October meeting. Because of mutual aid, it should not cost Carrboro anything and it will save us a lot of money in the next year. You can revert to the original classification as soon as our substation is built. Thank you" Steve Graf read a prepared statement: "As you heard last week, it appears that our fire departments are not consulted in new development whether it's individual properties or major new development projects. To assure fire protection for a home or community, our rural fire departments need to know about water sources, private roads and signage, and other things that are critical to service delivery. If a new development is built, the developer should bear some responsibility to assure that the new community can be protected from fire and medical emergencies. With the Department of Insurance's rules on insurance coverage and distance from the fire station, it's critical that our fire departments know where to put future stations and substations.