Minutes 10-06-2016 Fire Chief's Assoc.

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2 Good evening and thank you for having us. This year, the Fire Departments and Emergency Services of Orange County have accomplished a tremendous amount. We have conducted several county wide training sessions. • Orange Rural Fire Department successfully mitigated one of the largest structure fires in the Town of Hillsborough's history, with help from almost every other fire agency in the county. • Emergency Services has coordinated or supported 6 large-scale events this past year. • Emergency Services activated the Emergency Operations Center on 3 different events throughout this last year. • Emergency Services participated in a FEMA Complex Coordinated Workshop with multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional participation. They also provided a resource-typing program to the fire departments of the county through a program called Salamander, currently 6 fire departments are enrolled and actively using it. Several fire departments this year continued to improve their ISO ratings. • The Town of Chapel Hill received new grade of Class 2 from a Class 3. • White Cross Fire Department received a new grade of a Class 5 from a Class 7. • Several of our other departments such as Caldwell Fire Department and Cedar Grove Fire Department are working on submitting or have submitted a request to improve their grade further. • Additionally, Cedar Grove, White Cross and Orange Grove Fire Departments have placed several new rural water points in service this year. The fire departments of the county have put several pieces of new equipment into service for the protection of its citizens. • The Town of Chapel Hill placed a new engine and mobile support SCBA trailer into service. • Orange Rural Fire Department put two new fire engines into service. • New Hope Fire Department placed a new fire engine into service. • Orange Grove Fire Department purchased a new 2000-gallon elliptical tanker. • Efland Fire Department has put a new medical response unit and paced it into service. • Eno Fire Department has placed a new extrication/rescue unit into service. • North Chatham Fire Department replaced three tankers. One of the tankers provides direct support to southern Orange County. • Orange County EMS placed a new ambulance into service. • Cedar Grove Fire Department is currently working on the processes to purchase a new fire engine to replace an out-of-date unit. This year the fire departments of Orange County have worked on improving their rescue capabilities. • Orange Grove Fire Department purchased extrication equipment, • New Hope Fire Department upgraded their extrication equipment to new Hurst cordless equipment. • White Cross Fire Department has applied for medium rescue certification. • Orange Rural Fire Department has received their heavy rescue certification. The members of the various departments have attended thousands of hours of training throughout the year.