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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:September 6, 2012 Action Agenda Item No.5-l SUBJECT: Approval of Expanded Central OrangeFire Insurance District Map DEPARTMENT:Emergency ServicesPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: Central OrangeFire Insurance DistrictF. R. Montes de Oca,919-245-6140 Modifications MapDavid Sykes,919-245-6125 PURPOSE: To approve the Central OrangeFire Insurance District Mapwhich has been expanded to include properties within six road miles of Orange Rural Fire Department Station 3. BACKGROUND: Orange Rural Fire Department recognized the need to acquire land and build a fire station to enhance fire protection services of the property owners and residents in the northeast area of the district. Property owners in that area were not eligible to be in the fire insurance district because they were more than six road miles from Orange Rural Station 2 located on Phelps Road. Land was purchased and Station 3 was completed in April 2012. The station is located at2510 Walker Road. Construction of Orange Rural Fire Department Station 3was approved before the formation of the Emergency Services Workgroup.The station is now equipped with apparatus and is awaiting certification from The North Carolina Department of Insurance,Office of the State Fire Marshal. The insurance boundaries for Station 3 need to be extended to six road miles from the station. Expansion of the insurance boundaries will allow property owners in the northwest area of the district to be include inside the insurance districtand take advantage of lower insurance rates. Emergency Services staff worked withOrange Rural Fire Department and Orange County Information Technologies – Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to extend the boundaries and produce an accuraterevised map of the Central OrangeFire Insurance District.Themap, identified as the Central Orange Fire Insurance District Map, is attached and has been reviewed and approved by staff from the North Carolina Department of Insurance,Office of the State Fire Marshal Ratings and Inspections Division. Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire Marshal can extend the fire insurance district to six road miles from Orange Rural Station 3.