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7 2.3 No person either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in the business or service of providing rescue services or first responder services unless they have been granted a franchise for the operation of such business or service by the County pursuant to this ordinance. 2.4 No franchise shall be required for: (a) Any entity operated from a location or headquarters outside of the County of Orange in order to ( 1) transport patients who are picked up beyond the limits of the County of Orange to facilities located within the County of Orange, or (2 ) to pick up patients within the County of Orange for transporting to locations outside the County of Orange; but no such entity shall be used to pick up patients within the County of Orange for transporting to locations within the County of Orange or other locations unless it is rendering assistance to a franchised ambulance service in the case of a major catastrophe or mutual aid. (b) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the County, the State of North Carolina, or the United States. SECTION III. APPLICATION FOR AMBULANCE FRANCHISE 3. 1 Application for a franchise to operate ambulances, emergency or convalescent, in the County of Orange shall be made by the ambulance provider upon such forms as may be prepared or prescribed by the County and shall contain: (a) The name and address of the ambulance provider and of the owner of the ambulance(s) . (b) The trade or other fictitious names, if any, under which the applicant does business, along with a certified copy of an assumed name certificate stating such name or articles of incorporation stating such name. (c) A resume of the training and experience of the applicant in the transportation and care of patients. Page 5