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ORANGE COUNTY.I~RTH CAROLINA <br />EXHIBIT 6 <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES IN ORANGE COUNTY (2009) <br />CATEGORY 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 TOTAL <br /> FIRE OVERPRESSURE RESCUE Bt HAZARDOUS SERVICE GOOD FALSE ALARM SEVERE OTHER <br /> EMS CONDITION CALL INTENT & FALSE CALL WEATHER <br /> (NO FIRE) <br />Fire Department <br />Caldwell 13 0 145 7 5 46 12 0 2 230 <br />Carrboro 94 2 813 80 73 326 194 3 10 1,595 <br />Cedar Grove 25 0 140 27 2 5 8 0 1 208 <br />Chapel Hill 121 11 1,954 238 152 337 1,547 1 65 4,426 <br />Efland 50 1 245 16 10 111 30 0 0 463 <br />Eno" 300 600 <br />New Hope 140 468 <br />Orange Grove* 216 387 <br />Orange Rural 70 7 1,186 38 28 234 95 0 37 1,695 <br />White Cross° 1 1 3 21 8 <br />Total 439 22 5,252 469 295 1,226 1,967 7 116 10,290 <br />Percent 51% 100% <br />Source: National Fire /ncident Reporting System (N/FRS). The N/FRS data were not comp/ete; as a resu/t data were <br />provided by Eno, New Hope, Orange Grove and White Cross. The Eno Fire Department data are estimated. <br />Two fire departments, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, are fully paid departments. <br />The other fire departments in Orange County are predominantly volunteer <br />departments. Several departments (Eno, New Hope, Orange Grove, and White Cross) <br />employ a small number of paid full-time orpart-time personnel to provide immediate <br />response, especially during daytime hours. The Orange Rural Fire Department <br />employs 19 full-time firefighting personnel to provide around-the-clock coverage. <br />Exhibit 7 shows the complex nature of the staffing resources utilized by the fire <br />departments in the County. <br />f~'} MA1A CbNSULTING (~2OUP, 1NC. 11 <br />