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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STUDY CALDWELL 1 Projected capital needs 2 3 The department has about $163,000 in capital reserves and expects to use up to 4 $93,000 of this amount to fund the purchase of 800MHz radios beyond the 5 County's allocation. In addition to 800 MF-iz radios beyond the County 6 allocation, the Department needs to upgrade its brush truck. While not a 7 capital need, the Department is also preparing for the addition of paid staff 8 coverage. 9 10 11 Obseraations and Issues 12 13 The Department's board appeazs to have exercised sound fiscal principaLs in 14 managing the affairs of the Department as evidenced by the facility, apparatus and 15 financial position of the department especially in light of the modest tax base and 16 current fiscal position. 17 18 EMS coverage is insufficient for the District. Most EMS units are positioned in the 19 southern end of the County. As a result, EMS responders are not familiar with the 20 District and responses are often delayed. First Responders are responsible for care 21 for a longer period of time than is usually expected. 22 23 The County has no fire training facility available for departments located in the 24 northern portion of the County. While the Chapel Hill training facility is 25 theoretically available, it is not practical for a department to strip its district to 26 travel to the other end of the County for training. Travel alone will significantly 27 limit use of thi.s faality for volunteers. 28 29 The Department has no complaint about the location of the proposed Eno Fire 30 Department Station #2. However, it is unwilling to cede any of its tax district to 31 Eno. 32 33 34 Recommendations 35 36 We recommend Eno seriously reconsider the location of their proposed Station #2. 37 The proxinnity of this station to Caldwell's District and location at the end of its own 38 district is not supported strategically or tactically. 15