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33 <br /> Fire and police protection are provided by the towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough <br /> within their respective jurisdictions. In the unincorporated areas of the County fire protection is <br /> provided in 12 fire districts pursuant to contracts between the County, the municipalities and vari- <br /> ous fire departments. Police protection in the unincorporated areas of the County is provided by the <br /> County Sheriffs Department. <br /> The County's Emergency Services Department provides four general areas of countywide emer- <br /> gency assistance: emergency communications (911), emergency medical services, fire marshall and <br /> emergency management.Volunteer rescue squads work jointly with the County to provide a signifi- <br /> cant amount of such services. <br /> Debt Information <br /> LEGAL DEBT LIMIT <br /> In accordance with the provisions of the State Constitution and The Local Government Bond <br /> Act, as amended, the County had the statutory capacity to incur additional net debt in an approx- <br /> imate amount of$1,070,000,000 as of October 31,2009.For a summary of certain constitutional, sta- <br /> tutory and administrative provisions governing or relating to the incurrence of debt by units of local <br /> government of the State,see Appendix B. <br /> • 14 <br />