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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 17, 2015 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -c <br />SUBJECT: Approval to Extend the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District Boundary <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Cane Creek Insurance District Map Jason Shepherd, 919 - 245 -6151 <br />Proposed Property Transfer from White <br />Cross Fire Insurance District to Cane <br />Creek Fire Insurance District Map <br />PURPOSE: To approve the Cane Creek Insurance District map which has been expanded to <br />include properties from the White Cross Fire District that are not currently in the rated insurance <br />district. <br />BACKGROUND: This is the same concept used in the past by other county fire departments to <br />address the insurance concerns for property owners. <br />Certain properties in the southwest area of the White Cross Fire District are located greater than <br />six miles from White Cross Station 1 located at 5722 Old Greensboro Road. As a result, those <br />properties are not in the White Cross Fire Insurance District and are rated as a protection class <br />10. Orange Grove Fire Department Station 3 was built in 2014 and is located at 4725 Nicks <br />Road in the southwest area of the district. The North Carolina Department of Insurance, Office <br />of the State Fire Marshal has inspected the station and approved the station, apparatus, and <br />equipment. This station serves an area of the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District which is <br />adjacent to the White Cross Fire District. <br />The Fire Marshal's Office has worked with representatives from the Orange Grove Fire <br />Department and the White Cross Fire Department to identify the areas not in the rated White <br />Cross Fire Insurance District. Fire Marshal Staff has also worked with Orange County <br />Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify those parcels in the White Cross Fire District <br />that are not in the White Cross Fire Insurance District. <br />Staff proposes to move these parcels into the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District which will <br />allow 25 property owners to be included in a rated insurance district and be eligible for lower <br />insurance premiums. GIS staff has completed a revised map of the Cane Creek Fire Insurance <br />District showing those parcels now being added to the Cane Creek Fire Insurance District. <br />Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire Marshal can <br />