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Comprehensive Assessment of Emergency Medical Services 97 and 911 /Communications Center Operations Study R -6. Staff & equip six (6) 12 hour /7 day ALS ambulances at appropriate staging /base facility locations within (1) Zones 1 & 2, (2) Zones 7 & 5, and (3) Zones 6 & 8. If Orange County intends to work towards addressing its statutory responsibility of providing the same level of EMS care to all areas of the County 24 hours per day, this recommendation, once acted upon, will demonstrate a significant step in that direction. And, while the EMS Base Facilities issue will be addressed specifically in recommendations R -8 through R -12, the strategic placement of those facilities will need to coincide closely with this recommendation. Ultimately, it will be recommended that the County provide no less than nine (9) EMS base station facilities, preferably one within each of the nine zones identified in this map and in larger scale on page 41. The basis for suggesting that the additional ambulances along with accompanying personnel and equipment be provided within each of 3 "pairs" of two zones each included that: ■ Each of the total of six zones identified have among if not the slowest EMS response times in the County. • Each of the "paired" zones is adjacent to one another. • The location of an EMS station within one of the two adjacent zones initially, will improve response times to incidents in both zones, (although perhaps only "somewhat" improved in the zone without the station). • As will be noted in Section 6- Implementation Schedule, the development of the EMS stations will require careful study as to location as well as scheduling of the capital and operating costs identified; these initially "shared" EMS base stations will permit the County to phase the development of future stations. R -7. Hire a Paramedic Level Shift Supervisor @ 24/7. The additional EMS personnel to be hired that correspond with the recommendations presented thus far, to address the Availability of Ambulances and Response Time issues discussed, will warrant an additional 24 hour /7 day Shift Supervisor position by Year 4 as identified in the Implementation Schedule provided in Section 6. The relief factor calculations in Subsection 4.4, page 76, identified a multiplier of 5.1 per 24 hour position to enable 8,760 hours of coverage 24/7/365. In addition to personnel, a vehicle (typically SUV) up- fitted to provide two -way radio and computer communications with the Communications Center and on -duty Medic Units in the field, and GPS and AVL equipment will be required as well. Solutions for Local Government, Inc. 53