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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STUDY <br />NORTH ORANGE COUNTY <br />RESCUE SQUAD <br />1 North Orange Rescue Squad currently has 1 base station radio, 10 mobile unit radios, <br />2 and 10 portable radios. With the County's migration to 800 MHz., it is uncertain as to <br />3 how many radios have been allotted. The Squad is hardly in a financial position to <br />4 be able to afford the additional radios necessary for it to be on its current <br />5 communications level. <br />6 <br />7 Recommendations <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 We recommend that the Squad be dissolved as a separate organization and its assets <br />11 and liabilities be assumed by Orange County Emergency Management. Members <br />12 will become a part of the EMS organization structure under its Volunteer <br />13 Coordinator. They will continue to operate as currently with the current command <br />14 structure. However, the members will not be burdened with the management and <br />15 financial aspects of the organization. <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />EMS members will be assigned as available to EMS Transport crews, allowing them <br />more opportunity than present to apply their skills. Extrication personnel would still <br />respond as they currently do. Those who live in close proximity to fire departments <br />77 <br />