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ORANGE COUNTY luDRTH CAROLINA <br />ExYubit 63 displays the department's staffing. <br />EXHIBIT 63 <br />CURRENT DEPARTMENT STAFFING <br />POSITION TOTAL STAFFING <br />Fire Chief 1 <br />Fire Prevention Captain 1 <br />Lieutenant 2 <br />Paid Firefighter 9 <br />Volunteer Firefighter 26 <br />Total 3 9 <br />All members of the Mebane Fire Department maintain the State required 36 <br />hours per year training requirement. Addirionally, 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 />2007 <br />Number Percent 2OOH <br />Number Percent ZOOS <br />Number Percent AVERAGE <br />Number Percent <br />Fire 177 10.3% 115 6.1% 111 6.1% 134 7.4% <br />Rescue and EMS 1,148 66.7% 1, 347 74.1 % 1, 347 73.5% 1, 281 70.6 <br />Other 397 23.1% 425 22.5% 374 20.4% 399 22.0% <br />Total 1,722 100% 1,887 100% 1,832 100% 1,814 100% <br />Source: Fire Department information <br />{~ MMA CONSULTING GkouP,1NC. 67 <br />