Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
9 <br /> In.fonnation and Education <br /> 21--environmental school programs <br /> 2—all day programs-Earth walk and environmental days <br /> 6--newspaper articles-Fire Control and Forest Management. <br /> 2-TV interviews <br /> 6--Civic programs-Scouts <br /> 1—Parade,(Christmas)fire plow, Smokey, and a pick-up <br /> Training <br /> We hold valid herbicide applicators licenses to be able to recommend the best products and <br /> applications of industrial herbicides. <br /> Region 2 fire school <br /> Strategy and tactics Taught Incident Command System <br /> Urban forestry 1 week <br /> $41,842.00 Government cost shares assistance to orange county landowners. <br /> Miscellaneous <br /> Hurricane Floyd <br /> 2 Emerggecy Managements meetings <br /> Responded to Rocky Mount and Enfield for flood detail <br /> Snow Storm 2000 <br /> 5 days in orange County with 3 bulldozers to pull tractor trailer trucks that were stuck on the <br /> interstate highways Both I40 and I-85 and plow snow on city streets of Hillsborough and <br /> Chapel Hill. Plowed snow on Eno Mountain to clear the road to the communications tower. <br /> Plowed snow on steep streets in apartment complexes in Caraboro so Emergency vehicles could <br /> get in there. <br /> Sever thunderstorm in May 4 trucks with chain saw crews <br /> Florida fires in June <br /> 2 weeks in Waldo,Alochua counties <br /> Equipment maintenance and repair(we install our own radios and slip-on units. <br />