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ORANGE COUNTY-ORANGE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT <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 _19th_ day of _March_, 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 /> Rural Fire Department, a not for profit corporation ("Fire Department"), located at 206 <br /> South Churton Street,Hillsborough and both collectively referred to as "the 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 <br /> area, 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 can <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 /> Rural Fire Department's Fire Station #2 located at 835 Phelps Road, Hillsborough, North <br /> Carolina to better serve the residents in Northern 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 Department agree as follows: <br /> 1. Term of the Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective <br /> Date and expiring on March 1, 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 Department shall provide space within the Orange Rural Station <br /> #2 to be used as an Emergency Medical Service Substation ("Substation"). <br /> The Fire Department 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 />