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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 18, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Expanded Cane Creek Fire Insurance District Map <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Cane Creek Fire Insurance District Map Jason Shepherd, 919-245-6151 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District Map which has been expanded <br /> to include properties within six (6) road miles of Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Station <br /> 3. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company recognized the need to acquire land <br /> and build a fire station to enhance fire protection services for the property owners and residents <br /> in the south west area of its district. Property owners in that area were not eligible to be in the <br /> fire insurance district because they were more than six (6) miles from Orange Grove Fire Station <br /> 1 located at 6800 Orange Grove Rd. <br /> Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company purchased land on Nicks Road. The station, located at <br /> 4725 Nicks Road, was completed in December 2013. The station is now equipped with an <br /> engine and a tanker and is awaiting certification by the N.C. Department of Insurance, Office of <br /> the State Fire Marshal. The insurance boundaries for Station 3 need to be expanded to include <br /> properties six miles from this station. Expansion of the insurance boundaries will allow property <br /> owners in the south west area of the district to be in a rated insurance district and take <br /> advantage of lower insurance rates if within six (6) road miles of the station. Approval of the <br /> expanded insurance district has no effect on the original fire district boundary. <br /> Emergency Services staff worked with the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company and Orange <br /> County Information Technologies-Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to ensure an accurate <br /> revised map of the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District. The map identified as the Cane Creek <br /> Fire Insurance District Map is attached and has been reviewed by staff from the North Carolina <br /> Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire Marshal Ratings and Inspection Division. <br /> Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire Marshal can <br /> extend the fire insurance district to six (6) road miles from Orange Grove Volunteer Company <br /> Station 3. <br />