2013-088 EMS - Orange Rural Fire Department Use Agreement for EMS Substation $N/A

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j ems �0. ORANGE COUNTY-ORANGE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT USE AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SUBSTATION This Use Agreement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Substation (this "Agreement"), made and entered into the _19th_ day of _March_, 2013 (the "Effective Date"), by and between the County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, located at 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, ("County") through the Orange County Emergency Services Department ("OCES") and the Orange Rural Fire Department, a not for profit corporation ("Fire Department"), located at 206 South Churton Street, Hillsborough and both collectively referred to as "the Parties." WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Orange County through its Emergency Services Department currently operates an Advanced Life Support EMS System; and WHEREAS, the geographical service area covered by the Orange County Emergency Services System includes all of Orange County, consisting of 384 square miles of land area, and encompassing all or portions of the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane; and WHEREAS, the estimated county population is 135,776, lending to a total system call volume, emergency and non-emergency,of 13,445;and WHEREAS, the Orange County Emergency Services staffs an ambulance in the northern portion of the county; and WHEREAS, the County desires to locate an Emergency Services substation at the Orange Rural Fire Department's Fire Station #2 located at 835 Phelps Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina to better serve the residents in Northern Orange County; and NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and conditions hereafter set forth,the County and Fire Department agree as follows: 1. Term of the Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and expiring on March 1, 2014, and shall be automatically extended for three additional successive one-year terms, unless either Party provides written notice to the other ninety (90) days prior to the end of the term. 2. Scope of Agreement. a. The Fire Department shall provide rent free space within the Phelps Road Fire Station to be used as an Emergency Medical Service Substation ("Substation"), at no additional cost to the County except as expressly identified in Section 2.b and Section 3 of this Agreement. In addition, the Fire Department shall provide: {00042638.DOC 3}