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Attachment 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY - ORANGE GROVE FIRE COMPANY <br />USE AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SUBSTATION <br />This Use Agreement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Substation (this "Agreement "), <br />made and entered into the 17'h day of September, 2013 (the "Effective Date "), by and <br />between the County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, <br />located at 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, ( "County ") <br />through the Orange County Emergency Services Department ( "OCES ") and the Orange <br />Grove Fire Company, a not for profit corporation ( "Fire Company "), located at 6800 <br />Orange Grove Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 and both collectively referred to as "the <br />Parties." <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, Orange County through its Emergency Services Department currently operates <br />an Advanced Life Support EMS System; and <br />WHEREAS, the geographical service area covered by the Orange County Emergency <br />Services System includes all of Orange County, consisting of 384 square miles of land area, <br />and encompassing all or portions of the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br />Hillsborough, and Mebane; and <br />WHEREAS, the estimated county population is 135,776, lending to a total system call <br />volume, emergency and non - emergency, of 13,445; and <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to locate an Emergency Services substation at the Orange <br />Grove Fire Company's Fire Station #1 located at 6800 Orange Grove Road, Hillsborough, <br />North Carolina to better serve the residents in southwest Orange County; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and <br />conditions hereafter set forth, the County and Fire Company agree as follows: <br />1. Term of the Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective <br />Date and expiring on June 30, 2014, and shall be automatically extended for three <br />additional successive one -year terms, unless either Party provides written notice to <br />the other ninety (90) days prior to the end of the term. <br />2. Scope of Agreement. <br />a. The Fire Company shall provide rent free space within the Orange Grove <br />Road Fire Station #1 to be used as an Emergency Medical Service Substation <br />( "Substation "). The Fire Company shall provide- <br />i. Storage space for emergency medical services supplies. <br />ii. Space within the bay area for one (1) ambulance. <br />{00042638.DOC 31 <br />2 <br />