Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE CbUNTY, 1~bRTH CAROLINA <br />The department maintains an active pre-incident planning and inspection <br />system throughout its fire response district, including the Orange County area. There <br />are hydrants, maintained by Alamance County, available throughout approximately <br />60 percent of the response district. The department's primary mutual aid partners <br />within Orange County are the Efland Fire Department, Cedar Grove Fire Department, <br />and Orange Grove Fire Department. <br />The department provides services to the district from two fire stations. The <br />headquarters facility, located at 405 North First Street, is staffed 24 hours per day. <br />The second station, located at 101-103 West Washington Street, is staffed by <br />volunteers. The department operates three engines, two tankers, one brush truck, <br />one 100-foot aerial platform, one utility vehicle, and a Chief's vehicle. <br />SOUTH ORANGE RESCUE SQUAD <br />The South Orange Rescue Squad (SORB) is a nonprofit, 501©(3), corporation. <br />The SORB is a fully volunteer organization that provides emergency medical and <br />technical rescue services. Volunteers work in support of the Orange County <br />Department of Emergency Services, fire departments, and the University of North <br />Carolina at Chapel Hill. The SORS has been providing ongoing volunteer EMS and <br />rescue services to the citizens of Orange County since it was incorporated in 1971. <br />The SORS has two operating divisions, a Technical Rescue Division and an Emergency <br />Medical Service Division. Each division has a Chief and an Assistant Chief, as well as <br />Captains and Lieutenants. The EMS Division has 47 volunteer members; the Technical <br />Rescue Division has 3 5 volunteer members. There are 14 community volunteers who <br />serve the SOBS in anon-operational capacity. The South Orange Rescue Squad has <br />an elected Board of Directors composed of operational members and non-operational <br />community members. <br />The SORB has operated with a budget of approximately $275,000 for the last <br />several years. The County does not provide direct support to the SORB, but provides <br />an annual stipend of $28,908 annually and supplies for all EMS related events. The <br />County recovers costs for paramedic services when the SOBS and the County provide <br />services at special events. <br />In the spring of 2010, the SORB was awarded operational franchises to provide <br />non-transport BLS services, emergency medical special event support services, and <br />specialized technical rescue services by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />1~~ CONSULTING ~i 20UP, 1NC. 6$ <br />