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Comprehensive Assessment of Emergency Medical Services 9 DRAFT REPORT and 911/Communications Center Operations Study Shift Supervisors, are certified EMT-Paramedics, and are on duty during every shift. And, although having numerous administrative, oversight, and quality assurance responsibilities as the senior member of the shift, they are also, by virtue of the vehicle that they are assigned, able to respond to any medical emergency if needed.Their vehicle, while not OEMS certified as a transport vehicle, is equipped with the necessary equipment, medications, and supplies to enable the responding Paramedic Supervisor to initiate treatment in any incident to which they may be called The ambulances assigned to EMS shift personnel are referred to by their "unit" designation; for example, "Medic 1". Medic 1, Medic 2, Medic 3, and Medic 4 are currently designated as 24 hour units, while Medic 5 (6am-6pm) and Medic 8 (6pm-6am) combine to provide the fifth 24-hour ambulance referenced in the EMS System Plan. In addition, two (2) "prime-time" ambulances; Medic 6 (9am-9pm) and Medic 7 (12 noon-midnight)are assigned to the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area seven days per week. Figure 1 EMS Unit Assignments Unit Hours Location Medic 1 24/7 Revere Rd. Hillsborough Medic 2 24/7 Roberson St. Carrboro Medic 3 24/7 Mason Farm Rd. Chapel Hill Medic 4 24/7 Mt. Willing Rd. Efland Medic 5 12/7 6am-6pm [Phelps Rd.Location Pending] N. Orange Co. Medic 6 12/7 9am-9pm Eubanks Rd. Chapel Hill Medic 7 12/7 12pm-12 am TBD Chapel Hill Medic 8 12/7 6pm-6am Roberson St. Carrboro EMS Response Zones The diagram that follows identifies the currently designated EMS District boundaries within Orange County as well as the vehicle and staff staging locations referenced above. As the County has grown in population and the corresponding EMS annual call volume has grown with it, EMS has evolved, out of necessity, from a traditional "static" model of ambulance location and deployment to a modified "system status" model of vehicle deployment in an effort to keep pace with call demand as well as citizen expectations of providing timely response. It is not unusual during the busiest hours of the day, for EMS to be down to one (1) or "no" ambulances available to respond to the next incoming 911 call requesting emergency medical assistance somewhere in the county. For example, referring to the County EMS map that follows, say that Medic 1, 6, and 7 are each on scene at three separate emergencies, Medic 4 and 8 are each at different hospitals with recently transported victims, Medic 2 is enroute to a hospital with a victim, and Medic 3 has just been dispatched to a highway accident with injuries. At this point, Medic 5, normally staged in the northern area of the County, would be directed to "move-up" to either the Hillsborough or the Hampton Point area to be closer to the center of the County and in turn more readily available to respond in any direction if called; at least until another ambulance becomes available. Medic Units were directed to "move-up"to address ambulance shortages 2,360 times in 2011. Solutions for Local Government,Inc. 7