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ORANGE CbUNTY, luDRTH CAROLINA <br />activity. The department has four EMS shift supervisors. The EMS Supervisor <br />responds to incidents in a flycar. Ambulance units are stationed in Efland, Carrboro, <br />and Hillsborough. Other deployment plans are under consideration. Exhibit 65 <br />displays the number of personnel employed by the Orange County Department of <br />Emergency Services. <br />EXHIBIT 65 <br />DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFFING SUMMARY <br />DIVISION POSITIONS <br />Planning/Logistics 4 <br />Communication 27 <br />Emergency Medical Services 61 <br />Life Safety Management 2 <br />Administration S <br /> 99 <br />The County emergency medical service system is a tiered response system. <br />The system relies on medical first responders from fire departments and County <br />ambulances. Volunteers from the South Orange Rescue Squad (SORB), headquartered <br />in Carrboro, participate in the EMS system in a support role. The agency is typically <br />not a primary response agency. The rescue squad often has volunteers riding with <br />County EMS personnel. This provides additional resources for EMS response and is <br />an important skill development and maintenance program for the SORB. A number <br />of County EMS personnel are, or have been, members of the SORS. <br />There are approximately 11,500 emergency medical calls for service annually <br />which result in the transport of 7,000 patients. Exhibit 66 shows the number of EMS <br />calls for service during the last three years and includes projections of demand for <br />2010 to 2011. There is increased activity during the college academic year, August <br />through May. <br />{~} t~U~9 CONSULTING GkOUP, INC. 71 <br />