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ORANGE COUNTY. 1~RTH CAROLINA <br />DEPARTMENT~AGENCY BASIC SERVICES PROVIDED COMMENT <br />Eno Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Volunteer fire department <br /> responder services <br />New Hope Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Volunteer fire department <br /> responder services <br />Orange Rural Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Volunteer fire department <br /> responder services <br />Orange Grove Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Volunteer fire department <br /> responder services <br />White Cross Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Volunteer fire department <br /> responder services <br />South Orange Rescue Squad Basic life support ambulance Provides personnel to support <br /> transport, rescue services Orange County EMS. <br />Mebane Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first The Mebane Fire Department <br /> responder services (Alamance County) provides <br /> services to part of the response <br /> area within the Efland Fire <br /> District on a contract basis. <br />North Chatham Fire Department Fire, rescue, medical first Damascus and Southern <br /> responder services Triangle Fire Districts receive <br /> services from the North <br /> Chatham Fire Department. <br />Department of Emergency Services Emergency communications, The department employs <br /> emergency medical services, communication, EMS response <br /> inspection services, emergency and inspection personnel. <br /> planning, coordination services <br />The County Department of Emergency Services responds to approximately <br />11,500 emergency medical calls for service annually. Ambulance transport services <br />are required in approximately 7,000 of these incidents. The fire and rescue <br />departments respond to approximately 10,000 calls for service annually. <br />Approximately 50 percent of these calls are for emergency medical services. The <br />balance of calls for service cover a full range of emergencies. <br />The emergency medical services system is awell-organized, tiered system in <br />which fire departments provide first medical responder services and the County <br />provides advanced life support and transport services. The South Orange Rescue <br />Squad provides basic life support services by cooperating with Orange County. <br />~} M1111A CONSULTING GkOUP,1NC. 2 <br />