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

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3 • Carrboro Fire department has sent numerous members to National Fire Academy courses. • New Hope Fire Department hosted Mayday and Safety and Survival programs. • White Cross Fire Department hosted the new North Carolina Technical Rescue course, successful certifying 26 new rescuer technicians throughout the County. • Orange Rural Fire Department hired a training and safety officer. • Efland Fire Department certified four new emergency medical technicians within their department. The fire departments have been working very hard to replace out-of-date equipment with new technology that provides safer and more efficient operations. • New Hope Fire Department, Efland Fire Department and Chapel Hill Fire Department have all replaced their self-contained breathing apparatuses this past year. All the departments work to replace our protective gear regularly as they only have a 5 to 10- year life span. • Efland Fire Department put a new stationary breathing compressor for use by their members into service. • Emergency Services has been working on the County's Backup 9-1-1 Center and the project is moving forward. Radio equipment has been purchased, contracts for the phones have been completed, and they are working with the vendors and Asset Management/IT to start the implementation. • The Communication Center has added new technology for CAD-to-CAD information sharing with Alamance County. Communications is working on implementing the technology with Durham and Person Counties next. The Fire Marshal's office continues to work with the fire departments on needs for technical rescue operations and equipment for these services. They continue to provide on-scene support for the fire departments when requested. They have provided fire safety presentations when requested and helped purchase materials for Fire Safety Month to be provided to the schools thorough their local fire department. The fire departments of the county over the past year have accomplished several upgrades to their facilities or approved plans for new facilities. • Caldwell Fire Department renovated their administrative office area and dayroom. • Cedar Grove Fire Department is midway through a station renovation at their Station 2. • Orange Rural Fire Department is completing a remodel of their Station 3 to facilitate 24- hour staffing, while repurposing their Station 2 for housing an Orange County EMS unit. • Chapel Hill Fire Department approved the Station 2 re-development project with a joint partnership component with Orange EMS. • White Cross Fire Department installed a 13-D sprinkler system to protect its 24-hour staff. • North Chatham Fire Department rebuilt their Station 3 Located on Manns Chapel Road to add 2 personnel for 24-hour a day staffing. This station directly supports operation in the southern part of Orange County. • Additionally, Emergency Services has been working with Orange Rural Fire Department, UNC Air Care and South Orange Rescue Squad for additional collaboration for EMS station locations. Commissioner Rich asked if the 15,000 calls are comparable to the number of calls in the past two years.