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hikibtelt SOUTH ORANGE RESCUE SQUAD P.O.Box A Carrboro, N.C.27510 19 January 1987 To: Orange County Commissioners From: Ray deFriess, South Orange Rescue Squad ; GI_ Reference: New County Ambulance I would like to recommend purchasing a Frontline Ambulance instead of the purposed Ashley vehicle. There are currently eleven ambulances in Orange County. This new unit would have a replacement for Unit #322. However I believe it has been decided to keep this unit and add the new one. Out of these eleven units the county owns four, plus the unit being considered now. The county has two Wheelcoachs, one Frontline, and one Starline Ambulance. SORS owns 5 units all of which are Frontlines and OCRS owns two units, both which are Frontline. Orange County OCRS SORS 322 Starline 324 Frontline 342 Frontline 323 Frontline 325 Frontline 345 Frontline 329 Wheel Coach 346 Frontline 349 Wheel Coach 347 Frontline 348 Frontline The past service history from Wheel Coach at best can be describe as poor, taking several days or weeks for their response. Frontline has a very excellent record in providing services and parts within a few hours to one day. From a Volunteer's standpoint it is very helpful to have all the units identical. It makes it very easy to switch units during calls and for the volunteers and professional people to come and assist with large incidents. That makes for better service for the county. For the little difference that I have been told about between the Ashley Unit and the Frontline Ambulance, I feel theincrease from the less expensive to the Frontline a justified expense. The increase in cost will be very small in terms of the benefits that will be received from just an uniformity in vehicles that will be closer together, instead of farther away. Sio P4 za.e re.t.• 7"11--e he---1 a I 1 X/Whe"pp Peg_