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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STUDY <br />INTRODUCTION <br />1 - Meeting with, and interviewing the chief, assistant chiefs, and several other <br />2 officers from the Orange County Rescue Squad (North) at their station. <br />3 - Attending a board meeting of the Orange County Rescue Squad (North) at <br />4 their station and discussing issue with the boazd. <br />5 - Meeting with, and interviewing the chief, and other officers from the South <br />6 Orange County Rescue Squad at their station. <br />7 <br />8 Our interviews and travel throughout the County spanned over 75 hours. In <br />9 addition, we gathered information regarding apparatus, membership, budgets, <br />10 financing, district demographics, ISO ratings, call volume, response times, water <br />11 supply, and call nature. <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 Specific Methodology <br />15 <br />16 We combined our economic and financial analysis expertise and our strategic <br />17 plaruliilg expertise in working with emergency service organizations. In <br />18 developing recommendations, we performed an alternative analysis: impacts on the <br />19 county with regazds to NFPA standards and guidelines, ISO grading criteria, OSHA <br />20 regulations, and ADA requirements. We also took into consideration State of North <br />21 Carolina Emergency Medical Services standards and expectations as well as the <br />22 Count~s own expectations regarding the delivery of emergency services. <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 Scope of Sfiudy <br />26 <br />27 Our overall scope was to assess the current level of fire/rescue services of Orange <br />28 County and recommend a station location plan to meet the needs of the County and <br />29 its citizens giving consideration to overall costs benefits and best practices. This <br />30 was later expanded to include the EMS Division of the County's Emergency <br />31 Management organization. <br />32 <br />33 In completing this engagement, we performed the following: <br />34 <br />35 1. We documented Fire, Rescue, and EMS demographics within the County <br />36 including: <br />4 <br /> <br />i <br />