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17. Has the county set any standards of care for the fire departments? <br />Staffing levels <br />Response time <br />AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSE TIME STANDARDS IN THE CONTRACTS <br />18. What role has the county played in the decisions regarding the number of stations and the location of these <br />stations? NONE <br />19. What issues led the county to request a study at this time? A REQUEST BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />20. What role did the fire /rescue departments have in the decision to conduct a study? NONE IN THE DECISION, <br />THE REVIEWED SCOPE OF SERVICE TO REACH A CONCENSUS <br />21. How do you expect the fire /rescue departments to participate in the study? <br />Provide information? <br />Participate in a steering committee? <br />THEY WILL PROVIDE INFO, AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE <br />22. Do the fire departments have acounty-wide organization that serves as a forum to discuss and resolve <br />common issues? YES, ORANGE COUNTY CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION <br />23. What current processes exists to coordinate the purchase of apparatus and equipment? <br />MINIMAL, WE BID LADDER TESTING AND DEFIB SERVICE AS A GROUP, AND HAVE BID SOME RADIOS IN <br />THE PAST AS A GROUP. <br />24. Reference to "value of structure" (pg 5, dot 2, sub-dot 5) in the RFP. Are you requesting anon-engineering <br />condition assessment of the stations? YES <br />25. How many presentations of the final report are you requesting (pg 6, B 6)? ONE FOR CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION <br />AND ONE FOR BOCC <br />26. Will the County provide a copy of the RFP in MS Word format so that it can be included in the Proposal? It can <br />be included in hard copy format as-is, but it cannot be embedded in the proposal in its current format. YES, <br />LOOK AT http://www.co.orange.nc.us/purchasing/current bids.htm <br />ADDENDUM 1, RFP 5119 -PAGE 3 <br />