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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No ,X-C„ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 5, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Rescue Service Provision in Orange County <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management/ PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 9/29/94 Staff Report Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br /> Rescue Service Matrix Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Draft Agreement Between OCRS & SORS TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on plans for the provision of rescue <br /> service throughout Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the April 19, 1994 meeting, the Board of Commissioners <br /> heard a request from the South Orange Rescue Squad to consider <br /> establishing a South Orange Rescue Service District. At that time, the <br /> Board asked staff to prepare a report after reviewing what rescue <br /> service needs exist in Orange County, what options exist for providing <br /> those services, and how might those alternatives be financed. <br /> In a series of meetings over the past several months, County staff and <br /> various emergency response agency personnel discussed historical levels <br /> of rescue service and incidence of rescue calls, desired levels of <br /> service, and options for providing rescue service. The most <br /> significant outcome of these discussions has been agreement by the <br /> South Orange Rescue Squad and the Orange County Rescue Squad that they <br /> will work and train jointly to provide basic and specialized rescue <br /> service throughout Orange County, with assistance on basic services <br /> from other emergency response agencies. <br /> Additional work remains to be done in identifying any pressing <br /> rescue equipment needs and how those needs could be funded. <br /> Following further discussions with rescue squad leaders, staff plan <br /> to present more specific recommendations concerning equipment needs and <br /> funding sometime during the next several months. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report for information only at this time. <br />