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Page 1 of 3~ . ~..:/ Gwen Harvey From: Travis Crabtree [TCrabtreeC~lci.carrboro.nc.us] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:25 PM To: Kent McKenzie Cc: Trey Mayo Subject: Fre Rescue Study I understood this to be a fire and rescue study. It appears that they just interviewed a person or two from each department and inserted their comments into a template. Once the template was complete for the first department, they produced a ditto for the other volunteer departments with slight variations. I could have done this study with a digital camera for about $500 ($200 of which was_ for the camera). The county was robbedl! Under the~scope of a fire rescue study., I wonder why Chapel Hilt, Carrboro, .North Chatham and Mebane were not included. 1 spent about 3 hours in an interview and about 5 hours making copies for this study. I believe that these 4 fire departments protect a large portion of this county and should be included. The Sage group still has all of our records, they were never returned as promised. I didn't see but one sentence relating to the Level and rarige of future service. Response times were not recorded for any fire department. Where were the areas of projected growth? There was no methodology used to determine new fire and rescue stations and I don't recall any mention. of a county wide fire education program except through the Fire Marshal's office. Ideas of improving. efficiency, reducing costs or improving overall services were not mentioned either. 1 wonder why specific information that was not received from several departments. I would think that a consulting company would have notified the county and asked for assistance. Why was this not gathered and why the county did not assist in intervening to obtain this information. It helps us alt. I did not get a single briefing after our 3 hour interview. The RFP asks for NFPA standards, OSHA regulations and ADA requirements were not referenced throughout. 1• would expect at least a reference to NFPA 1720. A study immersing into a county wide training facility could have created a document bigger than this. The RFP also asks for identifying opportunities to assist the volunteer departments with paperwork. We could use that at a career department also. This is a county wide service and we mutually help each .other, consistency is key and should 6e across the board. Page 3 of the study discusses a meeting with the chief of Carrboro and Chapel Hill fire departments, even though this was not a primary focus of the study. i do not see anywhere that the study is just for the volunteer departments. Starting with page 11, the quality of the study lacks sufficient grammatical and spelling consideration when persons with more degrees than a thermometer can not spell the name of one of the 100 counties correctly. The current apparatus fleet far each department is not in the same format. . What type of calculation was used to warrant the need of increasing everyone's taxes? On page 30, (Efland) they mention that the fire department can provide 3,500 gallons of water. I calculate 5,500 gallons according to their numbers and one is from a 500 gallon tanker. is it possible to have a 500 gallon tanker per NFPA 1901? I don'tthink so. ~ ~ • Page 37, they state that fire hydrants are not~an option for Eno. What are those red devices standing atl along Highway 70 in their district? Look like fire hydrants to me. These water producing devices have been installed for a couple of years. 11/13/2007