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ORANGE COUNTY,IWRTH CAROLINA <br />EXHIBIT 27 <br />CURRENT DEPARTMENT STAFFING <br />POSITION TOTAL STAFFING <br />Fire Chief 1 <br />Deputy Fire Chief 1 <br />Assistant Fire Chief 1 <br />EMS Coordinator 1 <br />Captain 4 <br />Firefighter 31 <br />Total 39 <br />All department members are required to complete a minimum of 36 hours of <br />annual training. Weekly training is provided by the department. Members who miss <br />seven consecutive training sessions are required to resign from the organization. <br />The department responded to 208 incidents in 2009. Exhibit 28 indicates that <br />the EMS responses accounted for approximately 67 percent of the department's call <br />volume. <br />EXHIBIT Z8 <br />NUMBER AND TYPE OF INCIDENTS <br />2007 2OOH ZOOS AVERAGE <br />Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent <br />Fire 54 27.3% 45 27.1% 25 12.0% 41 21.7% <br />Rescue and EMS 89 44.9% 75 45.2% 140 67.3% 101 53.1% <br />Other 55 27.8% 46 27.7% 43 20.7% 48 25.2% <br />Total 198 100% 166 100% 208 100% 191 100% <br />Source: Fire Department information <br />The department's mutual aid partners are in Orange County, Alamance <br />County, Caswell County, and Person County. The primary mutual aid resources in <br />Orange County are the Orange Rural Fire Department, Caldwell Fire Department, and <br />Efland Fire Department. Mutual aid partners outside Orange County include the <br />Hurdle Mills Fire Department, Prospect Hill Fire Department, Pleasant Grove Fire <br />{~'} tL1111A CbNSULTING GkOUP,1NG 41 <br />