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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STUDY <br />INTRODUCTION <br />1 a. Population served and population characteristics within the <br />2 unincorporated areas of the County; <br />3 b. Transportation issues such as distance, intersections, traffic lights, <br />4 railroad crossings, traffic patterns; <br />5 c. Water sources, supply, and distribution; <br />6 d. Historical response times for various emergency types; <br />7 e. Historical incidents, particularly working fires, mutual aid <br />8 agreements, hazardous materials incidents; <br />9 f. Total incident out times by incident type; <br />10 g. Statistical assessment of potential future incidents based on historical; <br />11 h. Staffing; <br />12 i. Apparatus; <br />13 2. We analyzed and evaluated planning projections for growth in the various <br />14 communities within the county looking to establish the future demands for <br />15 services as the County continues to grow. <br />16 3. We evaluated the location of existing and planned fire stations, EMS <br />17 facilities, and rescue squads with regard to effectiveness, appropriateness, <br />18 service demand and response capability. <br />19 4. We assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the current and planned <br />20 configuration and operations. <br />21 a. Multi-use stations (fire, rescue, and EMS); <br />22 b. Planned Stations vis-a-vis planning projections for growth; <br />23 c. Existing staffing for current stations (paid and volunteer); <br />24 d. Value of current stations and the potential costs to update, renovate, <br />25 or relocate those stations. <br />26 5. We determined and have made recommendations for the optimum number <br />27 of fire stations required to meet the response demands of the County for <br />28 emergency inadents and bring the appropriate resources to that emergency. <br />29 6. We assessed the level of service to be delivered by the County (response <br />30 times, resources, etc.). <br />5 <br />